in a white rule society. Hidden Figures is an ennobling based on real events‚ story about three African-American woman who work as part of the team in NASA in the early 60’s. Katherine Johnson our lead played by Taraji P. Henson is a gifted mathematician and ‘Human computer” working as the first coloured woman in the Space Test Group. Our second main character‚ is Dorothy Vaughan‚ played by Octavia Spencer‚ is the leader of the “Coloured computers” ‚ she fight for the title of supervisor as she
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mathematic formula a2 + b2 = c2. Little do they know‚ this mathematical concept was made thousands of years ago and is still highly used in education and many careers all over the world today. This formula was actually originally created by a Greek mathematician named Pythagoras. The time period in which Pythagoras graced his presence on Earth happened so long ago that research on Pythagoras and his mathematical concept were not documented. This is important because many researchers argue if Pythagoras
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Enrico Fermi Youngest of three children‚ Enrico Fermi was born September 29‚ 1901 in Rome‚ Italy. He was the son of Alberto Fermi and Ida de Gattis. His father was a railroad official and mother an elementary school teacher. He had an older sister‚ Maria‚ born in 1899‚ and an older brother‚ Giulio‚ born in 1900 [1]. He married Laura Copon on July 18‚ 1928 and had one daughter‚ Nella‚ born January 31‚ 1931‚ and one son‚ Giulio‚ born February 16‚ 1936 [1]. Enrico Fermi started school at the age
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magical transformation children undergo in their first few years of life. It takes a curious tot to point out the trail of ants crossing a crack in a pathway. They take the time to stop and notice the little things. They are scientists‚ mathematicians‚ artists and have little problems communicating their most basic needs. During the first five years of life children develop at an astounding speed. Allowing the infant a safe clean area to practice rolling and scooting will encourage
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different people. According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary‚ Statistics is the practice or science of dealing with the collection‚ analysis‚ interpretation‚ and presentation of numerical data. Basic statistic data are collected by statisticians or mathematicians. There are different types and levels of statistics. The different levels call for different statistical techniques. There are four types; the lowest of the four ways to characterize data is Nominal. Nominal data deals with names‚ categories
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MATHEMATICS IN INDIA- PAST‚ PRESENT AND FUTURE Let’s begin with sloka 1.4 of “Sulba sutra” “Deerkha chaturasrasya akshnayarajju: Paarshwamaanee thiryangmaaneecha prithak bhoopathe Kurutha: thadupayam karothee” (The area of square of diagonal of a rectangle is the sum of the area of squares of its adjacent and opposite sides.) Then let’s look at the famous Pythagoras theorem: “The square on the hypotenuse of a right angled triangle is equal to the sum of squares of its sides” The
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strides towards a better tomorrow‚ civilization today might be less advanced. A lot of their academic achievement math and science has trickled down from the generations and into western civilization today. Euclid‚ a mathematician‚ is now viewed as the most prominent mathematician of all time. He wrote a book called "The Elements" and put all of his discoveries and theories into it. A lot of the math and science that we use today was influenced by his theories and discoveries. A man named Hippocrates
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white light contains the entire color spectrum. The final thing Newton formulated during his stay at Woolsthope was the inverse square law for orbiting bodies. In a span of less than ten years Newton became one of the foremost scientists and mathematicians in Europe‚ earning respect from many in both
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The Imitation Game This film is based on the biography of Alan Turing‚ a British mathematician. He is widely considered as the father of theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence. Turing is best known for breaking the Enigma machine. It was during World War II‚ when almost all the European countries were trying to find out what the rivals are up to. There was a need to keep the information secret from the competitors. Arthur Scherbius‚ a German engineer developed an ultimate machine
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led to the reformation of thought and society. There are many accredited with this great revolution such as; Nicholas Copernicus‚ Sir Isaac Newton‚Galileo Galilei‚ and Johannes Kepler. Nicholas Copernicus [1473-1543] a Polish astronomer‚ mathematician‚ and church follower‚ who created the heliocentric theory. His study of the Ptolemaic system led him to replace the Earth with the Sun as the center of the universe. Copernicus hypothesized that the numerous epicycles and the equant violated
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