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Euclid of Alexandria
Euclid was a Greek mathematician, often referred to as the Around 300BC Euclid live in Alexandira where the works of his book called the Elements granted him the title as the "Father of Geometry". The Elements is one of the most influential works in the history of mathematics and was used to teach geometery is some areas up to the 19th centuary. -
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Diophantus of Alexandria
"The father of algebra", Diophantus was a Greek mathematician who author of a series of books called Arithmetica. Arithmetica writing dove into solving algebraic equations many of which that were lost to the ages. -
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Natural Math: Fibonacci
What do a snail shell, pineapple, and sunflower have in common? The answer is a pattern which we call the Fibonacci Spiral. Nature holds many properties which aided early Mathematicians in their understanding and definition of what Mathematics is. For example the Fibonacci sequence gives us this pattern 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21…. Can you figure out how to calculate what number comes next? How many things around you right now have patterns? -
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Power of the Wind
A windmill is a machine which converts the energy of wind into rotational energy by means of vanes called sails or blades. The windmill was originally developed for grinding grain into flour and other food productions but is now commonly used to generate electricity (wind turbines). Using Math engineers can calculate the best angle, length and size of each of each vane for the most productivity. -
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Art and the Golden Ratio
Leonardo Da Vinci was an Italian Renaissance Man famous for his many works and inventions in art and math. Leonardo Da Vinci is widely considered to be one of the greatest painters of all time and perhaps the most diversely talented person ever to have lived. The Mona Lisa today is the most famous and recognizable of his works. There is a large amount of math involved in art. The Mona Lisa in particular is drawn according to the golden ratio 1:0.618. The golden ratio is said to be aesthetically -
Going on an Expedition
The Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804–1806), was the first expedition in which Meriwether Lewis and William Clark travel by land across the United States to the Pacific coast. Lewis and Clark’s Expedition was to study the area's plants, animal life, and geography. Having to make their own trail Lewis and Clark has to rely on their Math skills of estimation and orientation to not get lost. Estimation skills allowed Lewis and Clark to guess how far they travel each day and how long their expedition -
An Affordable Car built for the masses.
The Ford Model T was an automobile produced by Henry Ford and the Ford Motor Company starting in September 1908. The Model T was the first affordable automobile thanks to the uses of the assembly line production. Math was a key part in precisely measuring and engineering each car part in the assembly line. Every part had to fit together just right to make sure you had a working car by the end of the assembly line. -
A Computer for your home.
Apple 1, is a personal computer released by the Apple Computer Company (now Apple Inc.) in 1976. This was one of the first computers that were design for home use. Did you know that computers are full of Math? A specific example is the computers fundamentally function on a system called Binary. Binary is a based 2 number system that only uses digits 0 and 1. This is different than are traditional number system of based 10 which uses digits 0 through 9. -
A wonder of Math
As of the year 2008 over 130 pyramids have been discovered in Egypt. Historians, Mathematicians and Scientist still argue over how these great structures might have been built in ancient times. What we do know that Mathematics has solved how to find area, volume, angles, height and many other properties of a pyramid using geometric equations, laws and theories. Architects relies heavily on Math when design structures and buildings to make sure their design are practical, safe and can with stand -
Curiosity of Math
On August 6th 2012 the Mars Science Laboratory, Curiosity, successfully landed on the planet Mars. Curiosity is a fully robotic science laboratory that will be conducting experiments, studies and research on the planet Mars. This NASA mission required precise measurements and calculations to ensure a successful landing. With out Math there would be no way we could design a robot let alone one that travels in outer space to Mars
