The Nature Of Spatial Thinking

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Part 1: Nature of Spatial Thinking
1. For what jobs is spatial thinking needed?
Entertainment:
-Movies
-Video Games
-Toys

Science:
-Space
-DNA
-Human Body (Synovial joints 骨骼关节)
-Challenger Case

Sports:
-The skier’s perspective changes everything.

Design:
-Antikythera Mechanism (安提凯希拉天体仪)
机械式计算机
可预测恒星,行星方位,并且可以演示月食和日食。可预测奥运会周期
-Architecture
-Engineering

Information:
-Geography and Spatial Information

Three important elements of spatial thinking:
1. Concepts of space
2. Tools of representation
3. Processes of reasoning (推理)

1. Space:
-Relationships among units of measurements, different ways of calculating distance, the basis of coordinate systems, the nature of spaces.
-Structuring problems, exploring solution alternatives, finding answers, expressing solutions.
-Objects and Relationships:
Assemblies (集合):collections of objects and relationships.

2. Representation:
-Relationships among views (plan vs elev), projections 投影
-Describe, explain and communicate the structure, operation and function of those objects and their relationships.

3. Reasoning:
-Answer questions about the operations of assemblies.

Functions of Spatial Thinking:
Spatial thinking serves 3 purposes:
1. Describing:
-Capturing, preserving (保存) and conveying the properties of and relations among objects.
2. Analyzing:
-Understanding the structure and behavior of objects.
3. Inferring Intent:
-Generating answers to questions about the design and function of objects.

The Elements of Spatial Thinking:
-Objects structure the domain
-Space