Amiens and Its Cathedral.

Brinkworth, Peter; Scott, Paul

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Amiens and Its Cathedral.

Brinkworth, Peter; Scott, Paul

Australian Mathematics Teacher, v53 n4 p2-5 Oct 1997

Introduces a place of mathematics using a town called Amiens and its Cathedral whose overall floor plan was based on the Greek cross using proportions matching that of the ideal human body, the figures in the shape of an octagram or star octagon, and the symbols in the design. (ASK)

Descriptors: Architecture, Building Design, Elementary Secondary Education, Geometry, Mathematics Activities, Mathematics Instruction

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