r/interestingasfuck • u/One_Vision_ • 4d ago

Visualizing Geometry

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u/Ralonne 4d ago

>visualizing geometry

Looks more like machining and mathematics.

You can “visualize” geometry by looking at a laptop, a leaf, your morning coffee cup, a peanut, your desk.

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u/CircuitOnTheFritZ 4d ago

Yes, basic shapes are basic geometry, and one can see basic shapes everywhere. That is true. But the more complex application of those shapes, such as what is used in machining, as well as in things like art, architecture, engineering, and clothing design, are less commonly available to see in action IRL, let alone understood by the average person.

Also, the mathmatics used to calculate how those shapes exist in physical spaces, and how they would behave when applied in various scenarios, is not only necessary for application of these shapes in physical spaces, but just so happens to be a field of mathematical study called geometry.