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there has always been mathematics and from that, geometry. Because of its practical uses in everyday life and in building and developing, many ancient civilizations like the Egyptians and Babylonians mastered the concepts of geometry and passed down…

YOU MUST LOOK AT THE MS WORD DOC FILE. Rocket Launch Portfolio Mr. McAfee Math 4/Block 1 7 February 2003 By: Ronald K. Ellis III The Rocket…

described as the first pure mathematician. He is an extremely important figure in the development of mathematics yet we know relatively little about his mathematical achievements. Unlike many later Greek mathematicians, where at least we have some…

'a' being the shortest side usually the adjacent 'b' being the middle length side usually the opposite and 'c' being the longest side always the hypotenuse. This theorem only works in 'Right angled triangles'. The numbers 3, 4 and 5 satisfy the condit…

19th 1987 in Venice, Italy. His father, Lazzaro Fubini, was a mathematics teacher so he came from a mathematical background. Guido was influenced by his father towards mathematics when he was young. He attended secondary school in Venice where…

on a regular basis. Why should we as consumers bother to worry about energy conservation? The answer is quite simple. We are using fossil fuels to provide our energy that we mostly take for granted. This is a resource that will eventually run out. The…

on December 9, 1906 in New York City, New York. She died New Year's Day, 1992. During her lifetime Grace Hopper accomplished many great things. She gained the title "grandmother of the computer age" for her ground- breaking work on the first computer,…

of as the first true mathematician, yet little is known about his mathematical achievements. He was part of a religion that prescribed obedience, silence, abstinence from food, simplicity in dress and possessions, and the habit of frequent self-examinat…

casually everyday in classrooms around the world, one may come to the realization that these functions have revolutionized life. Without the ability to multiply, divide, rise to a power, and take a root of, people would be completely ignorant of…

He was known as "Marvelous Merchiston" for his genius and imagination. When he was just 13 years old when he attended St. Salvador's College, University of St. Andrews. Although he attended the school he left it without graduating. Not much is know…