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Volume 34, Number 4, pages 381-406 (2023)
https://doi.org/10.26830/symmetry_2023_4_381
THE POWER OF MATHEMATICS:
VISUALIZING BIOLOGICAL CHANGES
Petar Mladinić1*, Nikol Radović2
1 Croatian Association of Teacher Researchers (HUNI), Zagreb, Croatia
Email: petar.mladinic1@zg.ht.hr
2 University of Zagreb Faculty of Geodesy, Fra Andrije Kačića Miošića 26, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Email: nradovic@geof.unizg.hr
* corresponding author
Abstract: It is known that the biology (from Greek bios = life and logos = science, teaching) is a science concerned with the study of the living world, the science of life. On the other hand, mathematics is the language of science. The paper will show how, by combining mathematics and biology, we can explore and finally evaluate the topic of human development. We will show how (biological) changes in human (mankind) development can be visualized with learned mathematical skills by applying a dynamic program (The Geometer’s Sketchpad), a tool that helps in visualization.
Keywords: biology, mathematics, visualization, Thompson’s transformation, The Geometry Sketchpad
References:
Harari, Y. N. (2011) Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, Penguin Random House, UK.
Thompson (1990) On Growth and Form, Cambridge University Press.
Šorgo, A. (2010) Connecting Biology and Mathematics: First Prepare the Teachers, CBE - Life Sciences Education, Vol. 9, 196-200.
Thompson, D.W. (1917) On Growth and Form, Cambridge University Press. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/55264/55264-h/55264-h.htm
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