Ellipse

example, Billy is describing what he sees as if it was a monochrome photography, in which there is light and “the color grey with remnants of brown” (13). As a camera would, he is scanning “the thirty or so grey cans in one corner of the room, their ellipses, from where [he] sat, setting up patterns in the dark” (13). The photography’s metaphor is seen in Billy’s visual impressions. He records what he sees as a camera would. For example, he “take[s] in all the angles of the room” (18). His…

We later learned that we can never be certain of where a particular electron is in the atom. We also cannot perfectly predict its path as a neat ellipse. In fact, we can only “guess” where they are located! “Guess” may not be the best term to use though, because the probability clouds are calculated with a complex formula with 4 variables. I won’t bore you with the math relating to it, but I will…

Gravitation - Movement, or a tendency to move, towards a centre of gravity, as in the falling of bodies to the earth. (Oxford Dictionary) Introduction : For centuries, mankind has always been fascinated by the celestial bodies. The motion of the stars and planets were at once a symbol of the divine order of the universe and a profound challenge for human understanding. For the ancient Greeks the separation between the terrestrial and celestial realms was absolute--the downward motion of…

“Graham Todd: Imaginary Spaces” is a memorial exhibit at the McMaster Museum of Art celebrating artist and McMaster Studio Art professor Graham Todd passed away in June 2013. This memorial exhibit features twenty sculptural works from 1982 to 2013, and also includes six of Todd’s sketchbooks. Each work is placed against a white backdrop and under soft spotlights. The works featured at the exhibit are from collections of Lorraine Samuel, Karen Hendrick, and Briana Palmer. In collecting…

In the extract where Candy and George are having a conversation, Candy mentions to George “Curley’s married... a tart.” The use of ellipses heightens the impact of the term 'tart', hence this accentuates Candy's disapproval of her. Also, the derogatory word ‘tart’ indicates that Curley’s wife is an individual who carries out provocations on large scales despite being married for two…

One thing Kepler found out is that the sun is a focus point for all of the planets’ orbits (Dunbar). He also found out that the planets move in ellipses and not in circles (Dunbar). He was very smart because he was able to find these things out and he was actually correct on both of these ideas. He also found out that planets didn’t move at a constant speed. Kepler found that planets move faster…

of Crime (STAC) is one of the first hotspot mapping techniques (Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, 1996). It identifies the areas with the highest density and then fits a standard deviational ellipse to it. There has been criticism on STAC methodology due to its output as an ellipse and the parameter selection (Bowers & Hirschfield, 1999; Craglia, Haining, & Wiles, 2000; Ratcliffe, 2002b). Despite this, the method has been used by numerous police departments across the country for…

orbits can have an effect on the Earth’s temperatures, causing cooling and warming cycles. The first of these orbits is called eccentricity. The Earth’s orbit is not perfectly round; it moves in a more elliptical pattern. The degree of the planet’s ellipse is known as eccentricity. During this orbit, there are three times when the earth is closest to the sun than any other time. When the earth is closest to the sun during this orbit is perihelion and furthest from the sun it is called aphelion…

One example is the use of quadrarcs in the Piazza San Pietro, designed for St. Peter’s Basilica. As written by Gridgeman, “Bernini was not trying to imitate an ellipse when he laid out the Piazza San Pietro. But he must at least have thought about the possibility of an ellipse, for he was consciously planning a great religious oval that would match, in size and sweep, the huge secular oval less than two miles away” (Gridgmeman pp. 213). This quote details how Bernini…

Nicolette Casula College Algebra Biography April 27, 2015 Biography of Johannes Kepler Nicolette Casula College Algebra Biography April 27, 2015 Johannes Kepler On the 27th day of December, a mercenary soldier named Heinrich Kepler and Katharina Guldenmann, a keeper of a local inn, gave birth to Johannes Kepler. He was born in a town called “Weil der Stadt”, which is now known as Germany. Kepler was a young child when he lost his father to whom gave his life in a battle of war.…