20. "they also showed it's plane geometry being written...AND applied..." In response to In response to 19
there are papyri to date that show the actual calculations of the area of a rectangle and of triangles...as well as a diagram (from old kingdom) on how to find the area under a curve(precurser to calc.) by fitting rectangles underneath thte curve.
______________________ STORY FROM THE SUDAN
A Catholic missionary found himself in similar difficulty with the Shilluk. He painted a delightful word picture of the beautiful and bounteous life in Europe. A Shilluk warrior stood up and said: "It cannot be true. If it were, you white men would stay in Europe instead of bothering us here." "We don't want to disturb you," the missionary said, "we only want to teach you." "Well, then," the Shilluk warrior answered, "what can you really do? Can you build a hut?" "No," the missionary said. "Or make a spear?" "No," the missionary replied. "I am unfamiliar with it." "Well, then, can you at least make pots?" The missionary acknowledged that he could not. The Shilluk warrior said, "Among us, even the women can make pots, yet you cannot do it. You are useless."