Zero was such a difficult concept to develop because Greek influences became an issue in the West involving numbers. Although in the East zero had an easier time developing. Nothingness is what the world came from and to attain nothingness became a goal of the people in the East. This void was actually considered a good thing and Hinduism actually created a goddess for the people to associate with nothingness. Aditi is the name of the Hindu goddess that was mentioned. She is the power of the void that creates the holy space to make room for the new creations. It was not surprising when India became the first place to treat zero as a number. An Indian mathematician by the name of Brahmagupta was the first person to ever write about zero …show more content…
It is crazy to think of but the arithmetic of zero can make large quantities vanish or it can also make small quantities explode. You may not think that zero is that powerful, but zero is actually powerful enough to move mountains, bridges or even stop a ship from moving completely. A few examples of disasters involving zero are on September 21st, 1997 the engines of USS Yorktown were performing maneuvers to get ready for battle off of the coast of Cape Charles, Virginia. Suddenly the propulsion system completely stopped working because zero was put incorrectly into the Remote Database Management software. Next incident was on I 35W bridge that collapsed in Minneapolis, Minnesota on August 14th, 2007. This occurred because the determinant of stiffness matrix went to zero. This bridge collapsing took 11 people died. Another disaster incident that can occur is when the seismic-moment tensor has a zero determinant. The catastrophe of the earthquake in 1906 in San Francisco killed 3,000 people. Also there was a collapse on the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in Washington State on November 7th, 1940 that was caused by aerodynamic flutter. The definition of aerodynamic flutter is a creeping around zero in the physics of the bridge that caused it to shake, rattle, and roll apart. Scary is an understatement when we talk about this last dangerous situation. Black holes are the largest holes that
Team Sloan started in 2001 with three crossbred gilts were used in a small FFA project with the thought of them being competitive for 4-H and FFA in Missouri. Scott Sloan grew up raising purebred hogs and wanted his kids to have the same experience. The start of Team Sloan was slow but they eventually branched out into a few other species and it formed quickly.
Henry Louie Norwest was born on May 1st, 1884 in Fort Saskatchewan, a small town outside of Edmonton in Alberta. He was a very unique solider as he was Metis. His mother, Geneviève Norwest was of French descent, and his father, Louie Norwest was a member of the Kiskaquin, a Cree first Nations band. Henry was one of three siblings, he had a half-brother named Joe Norwest, as well as a sister, Madeline Norwest who lived in Lacombe, Alberta. His parents later moved to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. Growing up with a First Nations heritage, Henry learned many valuable skills that would later help him during life in the war. The most notable of these skills was the ability to hunt, as it thought him invaluable camouflaging and gun skills. Growing
In “Abuela Invents the zero” by Judith Ortiz-Cofer, the most important factor, to why Connie decides to leave her grandmother lost in the church, is her embarrassment, or to fit in with her friends, which she thinks is going to help her self esteem. In the passage, it states "I try to walk far behind them in public so that no one will think we’re together" (Ortiz-Cofer para 4). This shows that Connie thought that she was in a predicament, because of her abuela. She thought that because of this she should not even walk behind her. This proves that the main factor in Connie’s choice was he and making sure that her friends felt highly of her so her self esteem would not be ruined.
It is estimated that over 90% of today's NFL players have a brain issue even if they do not know about it. On average, each football player gets hit 2,500 times to the head in a career. The centers take about 25,000 tackles to the head in an average career if they go to the NFL. After 9 or 10 concussions, you probably have a disease in you. In the year 2015, there were 271 concussions, in 2014, there were 206, in 2013, there was 229, and in 2012, there was 261 concussions. That adds up to 967 in 4 years. Dr Bennett Omalu was the first doctor to find this brain issue, and he has a foundation to help the players and families that have suffered with this issue. He named it Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, or CTE. CTE is a brain disease that
Chris McCandless was horribly misled by his literary heroes. I think that Chris McCandless was misled by his literary heroes because it got him to think differently and got him to pursue a different path. His literary heroes were Jack London, Tolstoy, and Thoreau. Chris McCandless believed everything that the each author has done despite them being hypocrites and not following their own writings. I think that Chris McCandless was influenced by the author Jack London, Thoreau,and Tolstoy.
Alexander Supertramp, a nickname used by Chris McCandless, stunned the whole nation with his unique experience. Some people said that he was a hero and he escaped from tarnished and sinful world to a wonderland in Alaska where he could live in harmony with nature. On the other side, some people judged that he was a tactless idiot who paid a price for his recklessness.
Hi, my name is Caitlyn Blankenship and I am a member of the Northwest Middle School Beta Club. I live at home with my Parents, sisters, and two dogs. I like reading, playing soccer, and serving my community. Sometimes I go to the nursing home and read to the people. I have donated to can food drives and I helped make cards for meals on wheels.
What makes a person a hero is their unhabitual nature to inspire others to believe that anyone can do what they want. One such man has earned his way to becoming such a hero: Chris McCandless. Christopher McCandless was a young man who decided to leave his old life, to become Alex Supertramp, and go out to do whatever he saw fit. The controversy around the life and death of Chris McCandless has been highly debated on whether he should be admired as a hero or shamed for being a fool. Chris McCandless has gained the right to be admired for being free-willed, iconic, and brave.
The differences in age sometimes makes us feel embarrass of our own family members. Often times we think that our generation’s better than the past generations. We have to learn how to respect other people’s ages and what they think was interesting in their generations. In the story “Abuela Invents the Zero” by Judith Ortiz Cofer, it teaches us that even people that are older than us or even more mature than us have feelings too. “Abuela Invents the Zero” is a story about not making anyone feel worthless.
Christopher Johnson Mccandless, an intelligent young man, dies while trying to live in Alaska; by choice. The death of Mccandless was a controversial matter: people argued their thoughts on Mccandless’ story, and who's to blame for Mccandless' death. Some say it’s Mccandless’ own stupidity, or his honorable seek for thrill. Others say it’s his parents’ horrible way of raising him, or nature’s unforeseen acts. However, it is a mixture of all these, with Mccandless being the most at fault. Mccandless might have had choices, but there were things he couldn’t control, neither can anyone else.
Buy Nothing Day is a day in which people are encouraged to not purchase any goods. The first Buy Nothing Day was in Canada in 1922. Buy Nothing Day is to increase the awareness of excessive consumerism. Buy Nothing Day could benefit the economy in many ways like; it teaches people what it is like to not easily buy things, it will make the people appreciate things more, and it saves money.
I think that thinking is better than doing because if you just do something then you could harm your future and just doing something without thinking can get you into a lot of trouble. If I had to choose if I wanted to be a person who just does or "intellectual" I would be intellectual. The reason for that is because if I did something without thinking I would have consequences and then that would mess up my future.
Going against society is something only very few have done. Not only have they put their name on the line but everything they have done and said. Society is what makes us humans in the modern world. Society says you should go to college and you should raise a family but is it right to do what society tells you ? If what you want is more or less does that make you an awful and ungrateful person. I believe it doesn't we live in the modern age and ethics and values have changed for the most part people today don't do things people would have done 50 years ago.
Arabic numerals arose from the transferring of ideas from Hindu scholarship into Islamic caliphates of the Golden Age, and from there, into European culture. One thing from Indian culture that transcended into Islamic culture was the concept of zero. This was something that was not considered in earlier mathematic studies. It reads in "Math Roots: Zero: A Special Case," "the Arabs recognized the value of the Hindu system, adapted the numerals and computation, and spread the ideas in their travels." The Arabic people saw the power in this numbering system because there
“People always fear change. People feared electricity when it was invented, didn't they? People feared coal, they feared gas-powered engines... There will always be ignorance, and ignorance leads to fear. But with time, people will come to accept their silicon masters,”Bill Gates. The world’s youngest billionaire is the hard working, intelligent Bill Gates. This man independently started his own computer company and built it up to a 230 billion dollar empire. Bill Gates changed the way the world uses computers by building his company, Microsoft, from the ground up,