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There seems to be no doubt that geometry originates from such
practical activ ities as weather observation and terrain survey.
But there are different manners, methods, and ways to raise the
various experiences to the level of theory so that they finally
constitute a science. F. Engels said, "The objective of mathematics
is the study of space forms and quantitative relations of the real
world. " Dur ing the time of the ancient Greeks, there were two
different methods dealing with geometry: one, represented by the
Euclid's "Elements," purely pursued the logical relations among
geometric entities, excluding completely the quantita tive
relations, as to establish the axiom system of geometry. This
method has become a model of deduction methods in mathematics. The
other, represented by the relevant work of Archimedes, focused on
the study of quantitative re lations of geometric objects as well
as their measures such as the ratio of the circumference of a
circle to its diameter and the area of a spherical surface and of a
parabolic sector. Though these approaches vary in style, have their
own features, and reflect different viewpoints in the development
of geometry, both have made great contributions to the development
of mathematics. The development of geometry in China was all along
concerned with quanti tative relations."
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