Mathematics education

born in 1856 in a very small village called smilijan in the Austrian Empire (present days Croatia). Tallas father was an estrin orthodox priest, also known as Avery talented handy man, the ability of memorizing pome although he didn’t receive any education. His mother was a normal home wife Mrs. Duka Tesla. Nickola was the fourth child in the family of tesla, he had…

Sir Isaac Newton, does the name sound familiar? That’s because he discovered gravity by an apple falling on his head from a tree. He didn’t discover the law of gravity right then and there, but it was this experience that helped set the course for the rest of his life. Sir Isaac Newton’s life was a combination of childhood tragedies, educational struggles, and many achievements. So let’s go back to where it all started when he was born. Sir Isaac Newton was born on December 25, 1642 (January 4th…

This two-handled jar displayed in the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) in Boston is a very typical Geometric Greek amphora. According to the information of the artwork on the Museum website, this ceramic vessel painted by the Birdseed Painter was made around ca. 735-720 BCE, which is in the late Geometric period, and it was found in Athens, Greece. While there is no particular subject to it, this vessel is covered by geometric patterns in most of the area, and there are two bands of repetitive animal…

M6 Book Review State the book's thesis. “Five Equations that Changed the World” book consists the discovery of five remarkable equations of five notable scientists from 17th-20th centuries and their outcomes till 20th century. This book is divided into five chapters. The introduction of each chapter begins with some affected incident in the main character's life which helps the reader to follow the next part. After the introduction, there are three parts, which author labeled as Veni, Vidi,…

cluster, Analia scored in the average range with a Standard Score of 106 (Percentile Rank=66, Confidence Interval=104-108). On the Broad Reading cluster, Analia scored in the average range with a Standard Score of 103 (PR=58, CI=99-106). On the Broad Mathematics cluster, Analia scored in the average…

Moment of Inertia for Rotating Objects Lab Report For this lab, the guiding question that needed to be answered was: For the system shown below, is there a functional relationship between the rotational inertia of the rotating object and the time required for the hanging mass to fall a known distance that can be determined experimentally? (as seen in Figure 1) Before beginning to attempt to answer the question, the lab had to be set up correctly. First, the rotating object was set tangent to…

Ava Hutchins#15 November 16, 2015 Social Studies/ ELA Mrs. Popolizio/Ms. Polini Ancient Islamic Astronomy Our century is currently the most advanced time period in history because we are so advanced in math, technology, astronomy, etc. The more we learn, the more advanced we are. Now think about the civilizations before us, they have made some discoveries that may seem dull to us, but they are actually extremely important. Without the little discoveries of astronomy, would we even…

Separate areas within the hospitals back then were set aside for people with diseases. Ibn and his studies changed the outcome of medical history with his books. The most important and influential muslim inventions that changed the world was medicine, astronomy, and geography. Their are people that will argue with this statement, but, the evidence shows otherwise. Some may say that music is the most important Muslim innovation. It says in the Huffington Post “ The modern guitar developed as a…

The Life of Leonhard Euler Leonhard Euler was born on April 15, 1707, in Basel, Switzerland. He was the first of six children in a minister's family. His father, Paul Euler, a Protestant preacher, taught young Euler mathematics but wanted him to be a minister. Paul Euler married Margaret Brucker, the daughter of another Protestant minister. He had two younger sisters named Anna Maria and Maria Magdalena (newworldencyclopedia). He died on September 18, 1783 from a cerebral hemorrhage. Euler…

Mathematics: The Greatest Legacy from Ancient Greece to the Modern World The greatest legacy of Ancient Greece to the modern world is mathematics. Ancient Greece was the source of great mathematicians like Archimedes, Pythagoras, Euclid and Eratosthenes who provided the modern world with a strong base to the knowledge we have today. They gave the modern world hydrostatics, the volume of a sphere and the calculation of pi which is used to design impressive sea vessels, industrial tanks and…