◎◎◎ coronavirus ⪢⪢
Coronaviruses are a large group of viruses. They consist of a core of genetic material surrounded by an envelope with protein spikes. This gives it the appearance of a crown. 'Crown' in Latin is called 'corona' and
that's how these viruses get their name.
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• 1643 - 1727 Isaac Newton
Galileo had already discovered some years prior
that the distance traveled by a falling object is represented by a function of time.
Newton wondered how one could calculate the velocity of the object at any particular instance during the fall.
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◌◌◌ Point
We represent points with little dots and some capital letter, making sure to realize
that the dot we draw is infinitely larger than the point it is meant to represent.
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○○○ pneumonia ⪢⪢
In December 2019, there was a cluster of pneumonia cases in China. Investigations found
that it was caused by a previously unknown virus, now named the 2019 Novel Coronavirus.
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• BC 0500? Hippasus
According to Pythagoras theorem the diagonal length of a square with each side measuring one unit would be square root of two.
The assumption
that square root of two could be expressed as a ratio of two integers deduces a contradiction.
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• 03 Rates of Change
Galileo had already discovered some years prior
that the distance traveled by a falling object is represented by a function of time. Newton wondered how one could calculate the velocity of the object at any particular instance during the fall.
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○○○ Somewhere beyond the sea, ⪢⪢
somewhere waiting for me, my lover stands on golden sands and watches the ships
that go sailing.
Somewhere beyond the sea, she's there watching for me.
If I could fly like birds on high, then, straight to her arms, I'd go sailing.
#song
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○○○ I'm sailing away, ⪢⪢
set an open course for the virgin seas.
I've got to be free,
free to face the life
that's ahead of me.
On board I'm the captain so climb aboard.
We'll search for tomorrow on every shore.
And I'll try, oh Lord, I'll try to carry on.
#have_got #song
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○○○ would ⪢⪢
His heart _____ soften when he saw Persephone and he was amazed by her youth and her beauty and her freshness. He asked Demeter to marry Persephone but Demeter said
that that _____ never happen.
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◌◌◌ Bitcoin
The online magazine wired.com reported
that the bitcoin was worth about 434 dollars as of January 6. The company Juniper Research says there were 1.3 million users in 2015. It estimates there will be 4.3 million users by the end of the next year.
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• BC 0300? Euclid
It was the Greek mathematician Euclid who produced the first precise description of the golden section.
A length is devided into two parts in such a way
that the smaller part is to the larger part in the same proportion as the larger one is to the whole.
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• 1571 - 1630 Johannes Kepler
Keplar observed
that the relationship between a number in Fibonacci sequence and the previous number more and more closely approaches the irrational number Φ the longer the sequence is continued and Φ describes nothing other than the golden section.
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• 41 Logarithms Part 1
When we say log base b of x equals y, we are saying b to the y equals x.
With logs, the base of the log raised to the power of what's on the other side of the equal sign will equal the number
that the log is operating on.
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◌◌◌ Hippasus
According to Pythagoras theorem the diagonal length of a square with each side measuring one unit would be square root of two.
The assumption
that square root of two could be expressed as a ratio of two integers deduces a contradiction.
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• Kim Jung-un
Kim Jung-un's abusive use of missiles and his nuclear threats show
that he is begging for war. War is never something the United States wants. We don't want it now. But our country's patience is not unlimited.
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• The Poincare Conjecture
In the early 1900s mathematicians and physicists were very interested in the shape of space. New experiments and theories were being developed
that would ultimately create relativity theory and change our entire view of the universe.
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○○○ was to ⪢⪢
Ashamed he decreed
that the prince was use a special hat
that would cover his ears and
that he was never to take it off. The prince was not to know about his donkey ears.
￫ decree
#be
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○○○ get ⪢⪢
Social media is not real. You're only seeing the curated part of someone's life. Your life is different from theirs because you get to experience the stuff
that never gets posted.
￫ curate
#quote
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○○○ I look to the sea. ⪢⪢
Reflections in the waves spark my memories, some happy some sad.
I think of childhood friends and the dreams we had.
We live happily forever so the story goes.
But somehow we missed out on the pot of gold.
And we'll try best
that we can to carry on.
#song
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○○○ espouse ⪢⪢
Militant Islamic terrorists in Egypt have left a bloody trail of destruction. The loss of inocent lives from deadly bombings and other attacks had led the government to condemn extremist Islamic terrorists
that espouse violence.
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○○○ fan ⪢⪢
Indonesia's security minister promises an investigation into a stampede
that killed 125 soccer fans who were crushed Saturday in Malang, Java.
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• 01 Hippasus
○ According to Pythagoras theorem the diagonal length of a square with each side measuring one unit would be square root of two.
○ The assumption
that square root of two could be expressed as a ratio of two integers deduces a contradiction.
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○○○ synchronous ⪢⪢
Because the moon's period of rotation is equal to its period of revolution,
that is to say, because the moon takes the same amount of time to spin as it does to orbit the earth, we from the earth only ever see one face of the moon.
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○○○ miller ⪢⪢
And although my eyes were open. They might have just as well been closed.
And so it was
that later. As the _____ told his tale.
That her face, at first just ghostly. Turned a whiter shade of pale. #song
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○○○ Ahab ⪢⪢
He had a hard face with lines on it from years of sun and wind.
An ugly white line ran down from the top of his head. Did it go down to his feet? Who or what did
that to him? What fight did he lose so badly? #pillow
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○○○ topology ⪢⪢
Topology is a branch of math, which is kind of like geometry. It studies shapes and spaces, but ones
that are arbitrarily stretchy and bendy. It's sometimes called rubber sheet geometry.
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○○○ Ben Zimmer ⪢⪢
Ben Zimmer writes about language for the Wall Street Journal. He says, "There has been a lot of debate recently about something
that has been in our language for centuries."
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○○○ third person ⪢⪢
He explains
that English does not have a third person singular pronoun
that does not identify as male or female.
Zimmer says
that more and more "they" is being used to replace the traditional phrase, "he or she".
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○○○ Anna Matteo ⪢⪢
Metcalf says the decision for the word of the year is not based on science. Instead, he says the A.D.S. chooses from words
that express the concerns and stories of the past year. For VOA Learning English, I'm Anna Matteo.
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○○○ ahead ⪢⪢
Our first discovery is one
that archeologists know the function of but we can't imagine how the Roman's were able to come up with something so many centuries ahead of its time.
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• Φ ≈ 1.618
Keplar observed
that the relationship between a number in Fibonacci sequence and the previous number more and more closely approaches the irrational number Φ the longer the sequence is continued and Φ describes nothing other than the golden section. #math
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○○○ Golden Section ⪢⪢
It was the Greek mathematician Euclid who produced the first precise description of the golden section.
A length is devided into two parts in such a way
that the smaller part is to the larger part in the same proportion as the larger one is to the whole.
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• √2 ≈ 1.414
According to Pythagoras theorem the diagonal length of a square with each side measuring one unit would be square root of two.
The assumption
that square root of two could be expressed as a ratio of two integers deduces a contradiction. #math
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○○○ unto ⪢⪢
Do unto others what you would have them do unto you. ┆ You would have others do
that unto you if you could. ￫ onto
#quote #conditional ▲￫▲ #bookmark
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○○○ sight ⪢⪢
No doubt he would have thought
that he had caught sight of two winged gods. ┆ If a fisherman or a shepherd had looked up just then, he would have thought
that he had caught sight of two winged gods.
#conditional ◁￫◁
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○○○ mortal ⪢⪢
Who could have believed
that a mortal father and son had mastered the art of flight? ┆ Who could have believed
that a mortal father and son had mastered the art of flight if anyone had looked up just then?
#conditional ◁￫◁
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⨀⨀⨀ Margaret Thatcher ⪢⪢
◎◎◎ complex number ⪢⪢
• 1646 - 1716 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
◌◌◌ Point
• 07 How to organize, add and multiply matrices
• Logarithms Explained
• Change of base
◌◌◌ Indians
• Darwin
○○○ spillover ⪢⪢
◌◌◌ Roraima
• the bridge riddle - Alex Gendler
○○○ black box ⪢⪢
○○○ Solomon Islands ⪢⪢
○○○ 2022-10-10 ⪢⪢
○○○ spangle ⪢⪢
○○○ Starbuck ⪢⪢
• 01 The Greeks, Newton and Leibniz
