Pythagorean theorem

circumstances is broken into two categories, called Hume’s Fork. On one side, there are relations of ideas, where the majority of them are mathematical truths that are impossible to deny without contradicting. Just as we are taught to assume the Pythagorean Theorem, that is, a-squared plus b-squared equals c-squared, we have never actually come across a perfect, two-dimensional right triangle in nature. Nevertheless, we still accept this statement, as it is “intuitively certain” (Hume, pg. 40).…

“The current American prison system is a leviathan unmatched in human history.” (Loury, 4). A leviathan; a beast as old as the book of Job, and even when made a myth, incessantly feared. A leviathan, an immovable force by which any hope of subduing is false, and the mere sight of is overpowering. Made to be an indestructible being, “king over all that are proud,” a leviathan doesn’t just describe the American prison system, but the institution racism has created in America as a whole. Prison,…

realize that all they have to do to get through school is recall facts for test day, and simply forget them when they go home. Although young children are trained to sing the alphabet forwards and backwards with no struggle, concepts such as the Pythagorean Theorem cannot just be memorized, but instead must be strongly understood. Since the start of the new century, schooling in the United States has started to level off, especially in math and reading, due to the loss of critical thinking…

Today, over a century later, the ideals of Emerson and Dewey remain steadfast. President of Bard College, Leon Botstein, articulates “the rules of high school turn out not to be the rules of life” (153). When will a person have to use the Pythagorean theorem to find the hypotenuse of a right triangle in the real world? When…

Aristarchus of Samos was not only an astronomer but also a mathematician. He lived between 310–230 B.C. and belonged to the Pythagorean School of Thought (Heath). His mathematical knowledge helped him to discover great advances in the world of astronomy. His writing The Sizes and Distances of the Sun and Moon is his only surviving text (Aristarchus ‘16). Aristarchus’ description of the solar system was similar to our modern one and this was about 1500 years before Copernicus made his geocentric…

and substantial thinking exists in this division of the comprehensible world. This is the place unique and supernatural hypotheses would live. Thoughts that are not physical, similar to a book or tree, but rather thoughts, for example, the Pythagorean Theorem or the Quadratic Equation; something that remains constant in any…

I WOKE UP ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE BED THIS MORNING. I stretched my hand out in search of Soraya’s warm touch, but found chilling sheets. I turn my head to find an empty bed. I look over at the clock on my bedside table--three thirty a.m.. Where was she? She didn’t have to get ready for school until five. I swung my feet over the side of the bed and prepared myself for the stinging feeling of the cold hardwood floor against my bare feet. I then remembered the soft slippers Sohrab got me for my…

The goals of this project are: To define the piecewise function formulas defining the coaster To create a replicated graph of the formulas To determine the maximum height of the coaster as well as the longest drop, in comparison to other great coasters in the world To determine how long the passengers will be in the air, how fast the coaster is going when hitting the “splashy zone”, and where the “splashy zone” should be built To determine the maximum height a passenger can reach during…

Albert Einstein was one of the most influential people in the twentieth century. One hundred years later, we’re still using his equations, theories, and discoveries today. Albert Einstein was able to take a big stand in history. Taking a stand means to take a firm position in an issue. Einstein took this stand with his theory of relativity. Albert Einstein took a stand in history when he refused to give up proving relativity which carved a pathway to modern science. Einstein had some hardships…

Pythagorans founded the multiplication tables and the Pythagorean theorem. The field of geometry was explored first by Euclid and Archimedes had work on the force of gravity and founded the early forms of calculus. Robin Wilson's article “Early Greek Mathematics” explained that around the end of the fifth century…