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86Abel's Proof: A Gentle Introduction to Mathematics
Mathematics Can Be Interesting... Really Mathematics is not something that we normally associate with sublime beauty. The way mathematics is taught, it is a subject that many if not most people would prefer to avoid. Just open any Dover math book...
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88Ashok: A Short Biography of Ashoka the Great of India
According to Wikipedia, H.G. Wells wrote: "In the history of the world there have been thousands of kings and emperors who call themselves "their highnesses," "their majesties", and "their exalted majesties" and so on. They shone for a brief...
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85How long did the empires of ancient civilizations last?
Recently, I was talking with a colleague at work and I mentioned that civilizations usually only last 500 years. The only problem was that I couldn't remember where I had heard that. In fact, I wasn't all that sure that I was right. I know that...
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85What Is an Example of Civilization?
Recently, I was talking to a colleague at work and I mentioned that civilizations tend to last only 500 years. I had heard this somewhere but I couldn't remember where. Of course, to even begin this discussion raises the question of what exactly...
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74A Proposed Proof for Legendre's Conjecture
This is an attempt to prove the Legendre Conjecture which says that there is always a prime between x^2 and (x+1)^2
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64Spiderwick Chronicles: Too Scary for the Young Ones
This past week, I got a chance to watch the Spiderwick Chronicles. I'm a big fan of Fantasy Movies, so I try to see them all. I had read the Spiderwick books so I knew the story before viewing the movie. In...
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74Hairstyle: the Story Behind the Beatles Mop Top Haircut
Since I'm a Beatles fan, it makes sense for me to write on the hair style that still gets associated with them. The mop top hairstyle gets its name because it reminded the older generation of a wet mop. For me, I associate the mop with Raggedy Ann...
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81The Beginnings of Human History, Society, and Culture
When does human history begin? If we seek help from anthropology, then we find that the first animals of the homininans appeared in Africa around 6 million years ago and the first Homo sapiens appeared 600,000 to 200,000 years ago, also in Africa. ...
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78The New Pythagoreans: The Secret Society of Modern Math
When I was a child, I remember seeing a Disney short about mathematics called Donald in Mathmagic Land. In it, I learned about the Pythagoreans, a secret math society from Ancient Greece who believed that all the universe consisted of countable...
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60The Darjeeling Limited: A Very Beautiful Journey into India
Independent Film: Highly Recommended I recently saw a movie on DVD that I really enjoyed: The Darjeeling Limited This is another very well made quirky comedy from Wes Anderson, the director/writer of Royal...
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