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- October 21, 2018
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Why does multiplying two negatives give you a positive?0
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- November 5, 2018
I found myself in a difficult situation the other day: explaining the multiplication of two negative numbers to my 8 year old. Negative numbers are rather simple to illustrate when using temperature because there is a clearly visible “zero” Celsius and numbers on either side of it. Living in Canada, we can see dramatic fluctuations
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Does 0.99999… really equal 1?3
- Physics, Math & Chemistry, Popular Science, Space, Today I learned...
- August 28, 2018
Does 0.999 (repeated) equal “one”? You might be surprised by the answer… which is “yes“. I heard this on a couple of podcasts over the last few months, and I still find it hard to accept at face value. However, I am now convinced and here’s several simple proofs that .99999 does indeed equal 1…
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What’s so special about Pi?2
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- August 25, 2018
Formally, Pi is a mathematical constant whose value is the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter (Pi = C/d). It’s also the same ratio of a circle’s area to its radius (Pi = A/r^2). Pi is an irrational number, meaning it cannot be referenced exactly as a fraction, but only as a decimal which never
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Computers, Probability, Logic: Blaise Pascal’s Impressive Legacy0
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- August 25, 2018
You are probably reading this article online. In that case, you may not know it but you have a seventeenth-century Frenchman to thank for this experience. Blaise Pascal may not have known anything about the internet, but it is thanks, in no small part, to his precocious genius that we are able to do what we do
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The Ultimate Kaiju Size Chart
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- October 19, 2018
The Bat and A Ball Problem
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- October 24, 2018
Comparing today's computers to 1995's
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- October 14, 2018
Astrology and Horoscopes Debunked
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- October 29, 2018
Comparing today's computers to 1995's
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- October 14, 2018
A Map of the 'Flat' Earth
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- October 22, 2018
The Bat and A Ball Problem
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- October 24, 2018
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A Simple Math Puzzle
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The "Infinite Profit" Puzzle
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