TOK Reflection: Mathematics To what extent is math relevant to your life and the lives of others you know and how can it become an even more viable area of knowledge. “In mathematics I can report no deficience‚ except it be that men do not sufficiently understand the excellent use of the Pure Mathematics.” Roger Bacon (1214-1294) Mathematics: the abstract science of number‚ quantity‚ and space; a subject considered by many to be useless‚ a waste of time‚ and too difficult. “When am
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Each person in his life experiences some difficulties and faces some changes that affects his views‚ thoughts and changes his life totally. For some of them it might be experience of love‚ for others it might be the growing up problems and so on. In these cases everybody has different things to face. Among these life-changing experiences one of the hardest one‚ which changes people’s life once and forever is migration. Only the immigrants‚ every single one face the same problems and hardships. Some
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Students/pupils will listen to you much more effectively outside in the world. I may say that I am correct! They are like dog tied to their kennel in a class room. It is almost an act of cruelty to force them to sit all day listening and not by talking. They should be engaged outside the room. The room should be where they drop their bags and come back to discuss what they have learn. That’s really a good idea‚ learning is not by sitting‚ and it’s all by experience. Yes‚ if you’re talking about a
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Available online at www.sciencedirect.com Computers in Human Behavior Computers in Human Behavior 24 (2008) 2005–2013 www.elsevier.com/locate/comphumbeh Impact of the Internet on our lives: Male and female personal perspectives Ann Colley *‚ John Maltby School of Psychology‚ University of Leicester‚ Henry Wellcome Building‚ Lancaster Road‚ Leicester LE1 9HN‚ UK Available online 30 October 2007 Abstract Gender differences in Internet access and usage have been found in a number of previous
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Lying is a part of our life‚ and it has developed over centuries of mistruth. According to owhatic.com‚ http://www.qwhatis.com/what-is-lying/ “Lying is basically a means of deceiving someone by giving a statement that is false or untrue.” Although condiment‚ lying is an act we all take part in. for most of us‚ we cannot have a normal conversation with anyone without telling a lie. Sometime‚ it’s better to lie than telling the truth. Knowing every lie have a consequences‚ and the consequences of
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Importance of chemistry in our daily life Importance of chemistry in our daily life Everything is made of chemicals. Many of the changes we observe in the world around we see that caused by chemical reactions. Chemistry is very important because it helps us to know the composition‚ structure& changes of matter. All the matters are made up of chemistry. In our every day like various chemical are being used in various from‚ some of those are being used as food‚ some of those used
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If one just pulls out a minute from the trap of economic integration and gaze around‚ it will immediately come to notice how engineering makes a difference in life. We live in a world where globalization is an important force shaping our future and we are so interested in technological advances that drive the economic engines of the world‚ but as stated by the IUPAP‚ what provides all the basic knowledge and research is simply the field of physics with all its branches of engineering. Would today’s
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An ion is an atom or molecule in which the total number of electrons is not equal to the total number of protons‚ giving it a net positive or negative electrical charge. The name was given by physicist Michael Faraday for the substances that allow a current to pass ("go") between electrodes in a solution‚ when an electric field is applied. It is from Greek ιον‚ meaning "going." The word ion also is responsible for electrical current being symbolized by the letter i in chemistry and physics. An anion
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As students‚ we are taught the basics about mathematics. What the core properties of addition‚ subtraction‚ multiplication and division mean. How they work‚ and if we are lucky‚ we go into a little history of these methods. For those of us who have learned history‚ we learned that the basis for modern mathematics came from the Greeks and their writings. While this is correct‚ to truly understand the historical aspect of mathematics and its origins‚ one must study a time before the Greeks‚ when math
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value for numbers This section aims to: 1. Discuss the numeration system and illustrate the place value of a number; and 2. Translate numerals into words and vice versa. ARITHMETIC Arithmetic is a basic tool in the study of Business Mathematics. The extent of Practical application whether social or business‚ makes use of the arithmetical operations. Such as addition‚ subtraction‚ multiplication and division. Most of the application included in the material are profit and loss‚ Depreciation
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