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Do you like math, numbers, history, and or science? If yes, then you and I have a lot in common! I have recently found a YouTube channel by the name Numberphile which I think you will really enjoy. What do the numberphiles do? They make these extremely cool and educative videos that basically focus on special…
Do you know what you want to be when you grow up? In today’s society, people don’t realize that there are constantly new jobs available. Everyone is under the assumption that they have to be a doctor, engineer or scientist. NO. There are plenty of other options where you can make money and have a…
We’ve all been there: you do a math test, you’re feeling really confident, and then you get the test back, and you’ve got one question wrong! After you look to see what happened, you say “Oh, I see what I did wrong!” Somewhere, you’ve made a (as my dad labels it) “careless mistake” in either…
Born in East London, England, Daniel Tammet was the oldest of nine children in his family. Growing up, Tammet had always been a little different. Instead of playing with the other kids on the playground, he would observe the numbers on the hopscotch squares and marvel at the patterns made by the spiraling leaves on trees. Then, at…
Have you ever been reading a book or sitting in English class when you come across a word that you don’t know? Personally, I’m a little OCD when it comes to my vocabulary, and am always trying to keep it as arrant as possible.
What happens when you take a mathematical constant, in this case, tau (two times pi), and apply it musically? Musician and YouTuber Michael Blake assigned each note and chord on the major scale a number from 1-9. After doing so, he took the first 126 digits of tau, and played them using the scale he…
I am a student at Bishop Carroll, and I love my school. It’s self directed, and while some people feel they would not do well in such a setting, I believe that the independent learning environment is extremely beneficial. Students take initiative for their own learning, and this makes the lessons learned more valuable. We…
YOU READ THAT CORRECTLY!! Now, you may currently be feeling many angry thoughts, such as “SaM, why would you not have told us BEFORE the Math 30 Diploma?! This could have saved me!” and “I don’t know what Firmware means!!!” But hey, if any of these thoughts, or many possible others (and I’m sure you…