Pure mathematics

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…

MODULE 3: Aboriginal Perspective Activity for Children The Dreamtime story chosen to support and create an Aboriginal perspective in a mathematical activity is ‘How the Murray River was made’ a Bangerang story told by Irene Thomas. A story about a woman, walking with her three Dingos’ holding a wooden stick in her hand, dragging it along the ground as she walked. The Toonatpan (snake) slithered after the old woman, where she had made a mark in the ground, making it bigger. The Toonatpan was…

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…

Path to Success Analysis Paper Many barriers and obstacles can keep college students from accomplishing the goals they want to achieve in college. It is possible to overcome these obstacles if you identify what is holding you back and act on fixing the problems. Two things that I am worried about holding me back are my math skills and my health. I have identified these obstacles that could have the potential to hold me back and will not let them keep me from accomplishing what I want to…

era in Alexandria’s history, she was the first woman to make a substantial contribution to the development of the mathematics and is daughter of Theon. She was also killed by a fanatical Christian sect. What did Hypatia teach? Hypatia was the earliest female mathematician, astronomer, and a philosopher and was also the first woman to impact an early thought in mathematics. In Hypatia’s time she was the worlds leading mathematician and astronomer. Hypatia was also a teacher and…

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…

The most important aspect of my life is my faith. My faith has greatly impacted my past and has made me into the person I am today. My education, career, and future plans are all very closely intertwined to my relationship with God. As a Christian, I have specific morals and goals in life that can all be met as I pursue and obtain a pharmacy degree at South Dakota State University. My love of learning, is one of the many reasons that I am pursuing a pharmacy degree. Throughout high…

This year at Texas Tech University, I am taking the college algebra course in order to fulfill the pre-requisites needed to complete my pre medicine degree major. My current major is Human Development and Family Studies, but I need this math course for my pre-medicine requirements. My pre-med degree plan requires me to complete this course in order to enroll in my required Physics course later in my college career. Physics is not an easy course to master, there are many different difficult…

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…