Tag: intellectual
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Copernicus – A Brief Look
Born Nicolaus Copernicus (1473 – 1543) was a Polish astronomer who first presented the idea that the planets revolve around the sun, not earth, as was the belief of the time. There is ample information on this individual and I would be selling him short referring to him being an astronomer. As he is so…
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Gimme That Stat!
The Symmetry that exists within statistics can be represented by the familiar bell curve that represent a class of statistical distributions referred to as normal distributions. The mathematical equation for determining normal statistics lies in the idea that normal is based on the range of measurements that occur in nature. The symmetrical nature of the…
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Tycho Brahe
In keeping with the theme of geometry and measurements, we now explore an influential person on a character we will study later, that person being specifically in this context, Johannes Kepler. A name which may be familiar to some, and to others, not so much. This individual goes by the name Tycho Brahe. Who Was…
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Measurements & Geometry
The Ishango bone which has tally marks grouped in such a way that they appear to have been used for calculations is an example of what is called discrete mathematics and deals specifically with quantities that can be counted, now while this may seem confusing at first, you will understand the difference between discrete and…
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A Brief History Of Chemistry
If we are speaking broadly and technically chemistry is the study of the elements and compounds they form but if we have to speak on anything, in it’s much broader sense as stated, it is so much more. In a sense it is the science of everyday life, of the matter that makes up the…
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WordPress “Awards” Are A Scam
The blogosphere is definitely riddled with good work as well as terrible work, however it would seem to the average user such as myself, that most of these awards are really not given on merit but rather to the biggest ass-kissers. Many of these awards and subsequent influx of comments and likes gained from them…
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Kitchen Chemistry
Don’t worry you won’t have to erase your search history or be put on an FBI watchlist for renting out the anarchists cookbook, this simply refers to the chemistry we often take for granted in our very own homes. That said lets jump right into it. As we stated yesterday cooking is chemistry, everyone who…
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