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81Sir Isaac Newton: Mathematical Biography
Newton was born in 1643 in a small village in Lincolnshire, England, son of a farmer who died before he was born. He attended The King’s School at nearby Grantham and quickly became recognized as the...
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82American Immigration: Then and Now
People have been arriving on American shores for Centuries but two periods stand out in terms of the sheer numbers immigrating. The late 19th and early 20th Centuries were the most prolific. All immigrants face problems and one common to both late...
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73Flying To Florida With A Toddler
Traveling can be an ordeal at the best of times, but when you have a little person needing constant attention, your temperament can be strained severely. We had traveled by air with our daughter previously but she was much younger and we had been...
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75Fibonacci Numbers & Golden Ratio In Nature
There is a fascinating connection between the Fibonacci series of numbers and various natural occurrences. The growth of rabbit populations, for example, was something Mr. Fibonacci set out specifically to study. His finding can be summarized as...
5 comments89The Oil Weapon
Not until the 19th Century, according to "Oil", part 8 of Inside Islam, a History Channel broadcast, was large scale production of oil undertaken in the Middle East (Inside Islam 8). The investment and...
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75Leonhard Euler: Mathematical Biography
Leonhard Euler was born In Basel, Switzerland in 1707, son of a pastor and pastor’s daughter (different pastor!) Not only a mathematician, Euler was also a physicist and made contributions in the fields of mechanics, astronomy and optics. He grew...
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79The Furminator Review: Dog Grooming Made Easy
This is Sam. Sam loves rabbits. Here is how we came about the Furminator: We have a dog, a big dog, a big furry dog who emits big furry balls of fluffy fur which float around our house and collect in corners...
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78Building A Closet With Shelves
Our downstairs bathroom is getting a face-lift and one of the main changes was taking the crappy old shelves out from the nook beside the shower and replacing them with a slightly classier and more functional closet. Due to technical difficulties...
3 comments80John Wallis: Mathematical Biography
Considered to be the most influential mathematician prior to Sir Isaac Newton, John Wallis was born in 1616 in Ashford, Kent, England, the son of Reverend John Wallis. At first locally educated, Wallis was first introduced to Math while at school...
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70How There Can Be One Infinity Larger Than Another Infinity
Intuitively speaking, infinity goes on forever so it doesn't make much sense to us that you can add anything to infinity. Even if you could, isn't infinity just infinite? How can one be bigger than another? It is pretty counter intuitive but some...
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