Ptolemy

Abstract: This paper is a report on the development of algebra throughout time. It’s slow, but nevertheless, unyielding progression brings us to the algebra we know today. However, it was not always based on the abstract, rather, it was born out of necessity. The need to calculate unknown quantities gave rise to algebraic methods and techniques practiced and taught even today. And, even though nowadays, algebra is a rather abstract mathematics, this was not always the case. It was through…

is supposed to be. The star is red because it should be going out soon. The Scorpion's heart may either turn into a black hole (which many describe our hearts to be like) or a new star. This constellation was also discovered by Greek astronomer, Ptolemy in the second century. Like many constellations, Scorpius also has a creation myth from either the Greeks, Romans, or other civilizations in the past. The creation myth of Scorpius is based on two Greek creation stories. The first version of the…

Bacchus. The Triumvirate officially ended in 32 B.C. Antony married Cleopatra and moved to Egypt with her. Octavian declared war against Antony and Cleopatra. Octavian won the war, and Antony and Cleopatra ended up committing suicide. After executing Ptolemy, Cleopatra’s son, Octavian annexed Egypt. In January 27 BC, he met with the senate and decided that he would hand all of his land and all of his power over to them. After the meeting, members of the senate begged him to remain a part…

Pegasus constellation lies in the northern hemisphere. It is one of the largest constellations in the sky. It was first catalogued by the Greek astronomer Ptolemy in the 2nd century. The constellation was named after Pegasus, the winged horse in Greek mythology.The constellation is known for the Great Square of Pegasus, a familiar asterism in the northern sky, as well as for a number of bright stars and deep sky objects, among them Messier 15 (NGC 7078, Cumulo de Pegaso), Stephan’s Quintet of…

This paper will look at the series that converge to pi, and which ones slowly converge to pi and the ones that converge to pi fast. And after looking at these different calculations of pi, I will attempt to find a series that converges to pi even faster. What lead me to do this topic was my passion for math, and curiosity of learning about series and limits to infinity. Pi is something that everybody knows as 3.14, but they have no idea how it came to be approximated as 3.14. It is a complex…

There has been a plethora of opinions about who and when America was actually discovered that have been pondered over for several centuries by scholars and historians. History plays a significant role in providing a comprehensive understanding about our past, furthermore it also assists in dealing with current issues. For instance, in 2002 Elizabeth Kolbert wrote an article to substantiate the many questionings on Columbus and she states that the, “notion of discovery, was being reevaluated”…

Science is a field that prides itself on being open-minded. As a science, the field of space science additionally endeavors to achieve this objective. Pretty much as teenagers pursue crazes today, be it design or the most recent heart-throb, space science too has tirelessly taken after patterns that were coherently imperfect. Much like today's prevailing fashions, these thoughts appear to be senseless in knowledge of the past. However, notwithstanding realizing that such prevailing fashions…

In August of 30 B.C., Cleopatra entered a mausoleum in Alexandria and committed suicide. She had spent the last two decades as the last independent Pharaoh of Egypt. Cleopatra battled her siblings ruthlessly for power, engaged the Roman emperor in military action, and had more than one passionate and well-known affairs. She is one of the most loved figures in ancient history, constantly defying gender roles and female stereotypes, and her life was steeped in adventure and mystery. Best of all,…

Introduction Robert H Nash was a popular evangelical philosopher, apologist, and professor. Over a forty-year period of teaching and writing, he covered subjects including Apologetics, ethics, theology, and history from an evangelical Christian worldview. Across his career, he taught at several prestigious schools, including Western Kentucky University, Reformed Theological Seminary, and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Upon his death, Russell Moore, Dean of the School of Theology at the…

The Ottoman Empire was one of the biggest, wealthiest and longest Turkish Muslim domains ever. With Constantinople as its capital city, it turned into the focal point of exchange between the eastern and western world. Constantinople was amidst the dark and Mediterranean Sea so they found themselves able to control the exchange courses and particularly the Silk Road. By the sixteenth century, the grounds under Ottoman guideline extended from focal Europe to the deserts of the Arabia. The…