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is described by a real life experience I have had, learning Euclidean proofs in my previous Geometry class. A proof is a written account of the complete thought process that is used to reach a conclusion. Each step of the process is supported by a theorem, postulate or definition verifying why the step is possible. As I was learning how to complete proofs for a variety of different shapes, I found myself lacking the understanding of how they were going to be applied to the real world. I did not…

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).…

American University of Beirut (AUB) Faculty of Engineering and Architecture (FEA) Department of Electrical Engineering Biomedical Engineering Seminar (EECE 401) Prof. Nassir Hussni Sabah Assignment 1 Seminar on Birdsong Waddah Malaeb Mechanical Engineering 201204320 wam13@mail.aub.edu 1. Describe the neuronal pathway involved in vocalization of bird song. In the above figure shown, in blue is the vocal motor output pathway, where the signal begins in the HVc (High vocal center) which…

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…

Ways of knowing operate differently in personal and shared knowledge in some circumstances, but operate quite similarly in others. This is due to either unexpected or extraordinary circumstances, or differences in personal beliefs. Personal knowledge refers to the way in which each individual person understands, creates, and interprets knowledge presented to them either through observation or in the form of shared knowledge. Shared knowledge refers to “facts” or claims or theories that are…

At the start of the novel the conch shell symbolizes order. Soon after the boys arrive on the island, Ralph blows the conch and they gather on a large rock and form an assembly. After selecting Ralph as their chief, the boys quickly realize that with so many of them trying to talk during the assembly at once, no one can be understood, and with no adults around, they must establish a working society. Ralph suggests “‘I’ll give the conch to the next person to speak. He can hold it when he’s…

A Special Father 's Gift This is my first time to interview my partner Guitry. She is a pretty and optimistic girl. She was smiling on her face. That made it easy when we began our conversation. She told me the story about the gift that she received when she was born. She thought, I think would be interested in her story because she was only one to get "the birth gift" in her family. She told me about her family 's history. She was the youngest child in her family. She has a sister in her…

failure rate is based on a rate per million hours for expensive mechanical and electronical systems. So, therefore, E[Failures] = (Required parts per system) * (Failure rate per million hours) * (Spares not available (hours)). Also, by the Palm’s Theorem the E[μ]=Lambda=average annual usage(m)*System life time (T) (Sherbrooke, 2004). To calculate the number of spares required to purchase. The CDF of a Poisson Distribution is used in excel as Poisson.dist(x(vector),μ,True) to create a table…

We have always been trying to understand the universe and the concepts that dominate our daily life. This thirst for knowledge resulted in the development of such things as science, philosophy, and religion. Western philosophy started in Greece and spread further to America and Australia. The word philosophy comes from the Greek word philosophia which means “love of wisdom.” philosophy has many different fields, domains, and branches: Aesthetics, Epistemology, ethics, logic, metaphysics,…

Isaac Newton was an English natural philosopher, scientist, mathematician, chemist and physics that influence modern studies and society. His studies and discoveries laid a foundation to many present-day science, math and technology. Newton have a rough childhood, dealing with neglection that left him emotionally unstable. With that said, Newton was a brilliant person that mark his footstep in the field of Science and Math. Isaac Newton was prematurely born on Christmas day in 1642 in…