Philosophy
Nearly slipped by...this is "Square Root Day" celebrated by math aficionados. It is a rare mathematical function event that won't happen again until April 4th, 2016. Tuesday is "Square Root Day", a holiday that occurs when the day and the month are both the square root of the last two digits of the current year. Previous dates were: 1/1/01, 2/2/04, 3/3/09, 4/4/16, 5/5/25, 6/6/36, 7/7/49, 8/8/64, and 9/9/81. Ron Gordon, a Redwood City, California high school teacher, created the first "Square Root Day" on September 9th, 1981 [9/9/81].
- Pluralism And Constraint
Our friends Scott Aikin and Bob Talisse over at 3 Quarks Daily have an interesting discussion of pluralism. Following the argument in Bob's new book, Pluralism and Liberal Politics, they call it a "halo term," a notion that has such a positive connotation...
- Singularities And Scientism
C. Ewing asks, "how do we reconcile conservation of mass with singularities?"Short answer, we don't. Longer answer: Einstein's theory of general relativity accounts for gravitation in terms of a curvature of space with a fraction x/y. Under certain...
- Dolphins - Deep Thinkers?
I recently went to Sea World (where I took the picture on the right), and I was so impressed by the dolphins that I just had to look for something to share with everyone, and what could be better than David Attenborough explaining their incredible mental...
- Fallen Redwood Update
INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF FORESTS "Boardwalk planned for trail where giant sequoias fell" Forest Service received slew of suggestions on how to proceed after twin giant sequoias blocked portion of popular trail. by Bettina Boxall December 13th, 2011 Los...
- Sliderules
Made from aluminum, bambo, cardboard, plastic, or "gerroplast" [polystyrene foam] the ole "slide rule" still garners interest...a definite indicator of one's course studies in college and an icon of the professional scientist...and it wasn't a...
Philosophy
March 3rd, 2009--3/3/09--√9 = 3--3² = 3 × 3 = 9
Nearly slipped by...this is "Square Root Day" celebrated by math aficionados. It is a rare mathematical function event that won't happen again until April 4th, 2016. Tuesday is "Square Root Day", a holiday that occurs when the day and the month are both the square root of the last two digits of the current year. Previous dates were: 1/1/01, 2/2/04, 3/3/09, 4/4/16, 5/5/25, 6/6/36, 7/7/49, 8/8/64, and 9/9/81. Ron Gordon, a Redwood City, California high school teacher, created the first "Square Root Day" on September 9th, 1981 [9/9/81].
- Pluralism And Constraint
Our friends Scott Aikin and Bob Talisse over at 3 Quarks Daily have an interesting discussion of pluralism. Following the argument in Bob's new book, Pluralism and Liberal Politics, they call it a "halo term," a notion that has such a positive connotation...
- Singularities And Scientism
C. Ewing asks, "how do we reconcile conservation of mass with singularities?"Short answer, we don't. Longer answer: Einstein's theory of general relativity accounts for gravitation in terms of a curvature of space with a fraction x/y. Under certain...
- Dolphins - Deep Thinkers?
I recently went to Sea World (where I took the picture on the right), and I was so impressed by the dolphins that I just had to look for something to share with everyone, and what could be better than David Attenborough explaining their incredible mental...
- Fallen Redwood Update
INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF FORESTS "Boardwalk planned for trail where giant sequoias fell" Forest Service received slew of suggestions on how to proceed after twin giant sequoias blocked portion of popular trail. by Bettina Boxall December 13th, 2011 Los...
- Sliderules
Made from aluminum, bambo, cardboard, plastic, or "gerroplast" [polystyrene foam] the ole "slide rule" still garners interest...a definite indicator of one's course studies in college and an icon of the professional scientist...and it wasn't a...