"Out Juggling In My Class" by William V. Thayer

Act 8. JUG:008 History

copyright © 1996 Wm. V. Thayer, All Rights Reserved






The ideas in juggleometry started with those early men of science and mathematics.

So I gave a seminar this semester, JUG:008 HISTORY with special emphasis on Galileo's ideas.

Juggle clubs with pictures of Galileo, (Shannon and Beek) on them.

I attended a "Life of Galileo" play several weeks ago.

You guessed it, I appeared in the lobby before the play wearing this tux juggling these clubs.

I took the whole day of this play as an opportunity for having a Galileo juggling day in all my math classes.

In fact, I like teaching Galileo's monomial, s = 193 t².

Indeed, so much so, that I let it drift into every course I teach.

Let's see a show of hands if you used some variation of in a class or two this semester. Still holding up my hand.




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