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    Pi and Zero

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    Pi is an ancient and wonderful Number to the World of Mathematics invented with the Geometrical structure Circle. CIRCLE It is felt that the creation of the Circle is not created by the man himself but came through the inspiration of Nature itself. The shape of Sun‚ Full Moon‚ Eyes are some examples for it. Some basic things : There are 3 major parts to remember. Radius : The straight line drawn to the Circumference of the Circle from the Centre

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    Raspberry Pi

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    Analog Inputs for Raspberry Pi Using the MCP3008 Created by Mikey Sklar Guide Contents Guide Contents Overview Connecting the Cobbler to a MCP3008 To follow this tutorial you will need Why we need an ADC Wiring Diagram Necessary Packages Python Script Run It 2 3 4 4 4 5 7 9 12 © Adafruit Industries http://learn.adafruit.com/reading-a-analog-in-and-controlling-audiovolume-with-the-raspberry-pi Page 2 of 12 Overview Teaching the Raspberry Pi how to read analog inputs is easier

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    one survive on a boat with one adult bengal tiger for 227 days? In the book Life of Pi by Yann Martel‚ the main character Pi goes through many life changing experiences‚ mental stages‚ and loneliness. Surviving in the middle of the ocean with a lifestyle not fit for the sea‚ and a specific diet that changes real quickly. But yet with zero skills or knowledge about surviving‚ Pi survives a shipwreck with one hyena‚ one life boat‚ and one bengal tiger. When times got tough for Pi’s family‚ they packed

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    History of Pi

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    The History of Pi Throughout the history of mathematics‚ one of the most enduring challenges has been the calculation of the ratio between a circle’s circumference and diameter‚ which has come to be known by the Greek letter pi. From ancient Babylonia to the Middle Ages in Europe to the present day of supercomputers‚ mathematicians have been striving to calculate the mysterious number. They have searched for exact fractions‚ formulas‚ and‚ more recently‚ patterns in the long string of numbers

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    with ships. As a young boy‚ Benjamin plays with small wooden boats and beetle-men‚ but as he advances in age and gathers more and more life experience‚ he finds himself on the coast of a vast ocean‚ where he is an assistant for Caliel September‚ and later an oarsman for John Benn. Matthee cleverly uses the boats that he encounters as symbols for the events in his life‚ that eventually lead Benjamin home to his family in the kloof. These carefully crafted vessels weave together key points in Benjamin’s

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    Analysis of “Hollow at the core”: Deconstructing Yann Martel’s Life of Pi The author Florence Stratton’s main purpose of this analysis is to deconstruct Yann Martel’s Life of Pi. She argues various points attempting to dissect and make reason of Martel’s choices in the novel. Stratton also discusses the strengths and weaknesses of the novel’s claims. Stratton’s major claim is that Martel’s treatment of religion in the novel is not persuasive in making all its readers believe in God. It

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    History of Pi

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    History of Pi There are many people who have discovered and proved what pi is. As time goes on people discover more and more of the seemingly random numbers. Four of the people who proved pi are the Liu Hui‚ Archimedes of Syracuse‚ James Gregory‚ and the Bible. The first proof I will be talking about is Liu Hui’s. Liu Hui was a Chinese mathematician whose method for proving pi was to find the area of a polygon inscribed in a circle. When the number of sides on the inscribed polygon increased

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    Pi Day

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    Justin Carlton PI DAY 3/14/13 * Definition of pi: Pi is the 16th letter in the Greek alphabet. It is equal to 3.141592 when shortened‚ but never ends. * Archimedes-One of the major contributions Archimedes made to mathematics was his method for approximating the value of pi. It had long been recognized that the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter was constant‚ and a number of approximations had been given up to that point in time. Archimedes was the first person

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    in William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies and Ang Lee’s film Life of Pi? The film Life of Pi directed by Ang Lee and novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding are both survival texts in which the protagonists must deal with a range of conflict. In Life of Pi the protagonist‚ Pi Patel‚ is a religious teenager who lives in Pondicherry‚ India with his small family. Forced to move‚ and start a new life with his family in Canada‚ Pi is truck with the challenge of facing great conflict and loss when

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    Twain wrote children’s books with a deep‚ underlying societal message to influence kids and imprint them with said message‚ Illumination writers do the same type of imprinting on kids. The only thing is that the kids don’t know about it. In The Secret Life of Pets the main racial message is black pain and suffering. Max‚ the main character‚ makes the black characters suffer through his ignorance and personal triumph. Max is to be inducted into a gang of sewer pets‚ led by a white bunny named Snowball

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