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Teaching Non-Euclidean Geometry using the Moon 🌓

This repository has the supplemental materials for the article

Using smartphone photographs of the Moon to acquaint students with non–euclidean geometry

by Hugo Caerols, Rodrigo A. Carrasco, and Felipe Asenjo.

Paper information available here: summary.

Version 1.3

Update 2022-01-07

• Minor update to connect the repository with Zenodo to get a DOI.

Update 2021-08-04

• Added the extended version of the paper accepted for publication at the American Journal of Physics.

Version 1.2

Update 2021-05-07

• Updated GeoGebra files with new images used in the paper.

Version 1.1

Update 2021-04-26

• Updated GeoGebra files for distances and areas with easier to follow instructions and calculations.
• Added a reference Lunar Photograph.

Version 1.0

Update 2021-04-19

• Uploaded GeoGebra files for distances and areas.

Files in this repository:

Currently, all supplemental files are GeoGebra .ggb files, created with GeoGebra 5.0.

• distances.ggb: estimating distances over a photograph of the Moon, using spherical geometry.
• areas.ggb: estimating areas on features in a photograph of the Moon, using spherical geometry.

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License: CC-BY 4.0