Fractals

Humanity's Journey in Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath As a major literary figure since the 1930s, Steinbeck displays in his writing a characteristic respect for the poor and oppressed. In many of his novels, his characters show signs of a quiet dignity and courage for which Steinbeck has a great admiration. For instance, in The Grapes of Wrath, Steinbeck describes the unrelenting struggle of the people who depend on the soil for their livelihood. One element helping give this novel an added

The functionality of a device needs to be clear and directed towards a particular purpose. The Fractal Design Define Mini is a minimalistic small form factor computer case. Its front panel is a magnetic door that covers the intake fans and provides noise damping material to reduce the noise emitted by the hardware inside. The power button is non intrusive

Religions Essay Mrs. Johnson Tue, Jan 31st Religion organizes society; it controls our daily life and can be the breaking or making point of a society. The three Philosophies of China consist of Legalism, Daoism, and Confucianism, but only one Philosophy surpasses all others, Confucianism. Legalism is one of the strictest ways of ruling. Han Fei Zi founded legalism; he believed that there was only one way to obtain order in a society; this was through learning from your mistakes.

wanted His beauty to be in detail so that it can give the qualities of pleasure to the soul of the senses to enjoy. His beauty reminds me of the beauty and the details that are in the sequence and the pattern of the Mandala, the Fibonacci and the Fractal.

VON KOCH’S SNOWFLAKE CURVE Ha Yeon Lee 11B Mathematics HL • Introduction: ➢ History of Von Koch’s Snowflake Curve The Koch snowflake is a mathematical curve, which is believed to be one of the earliest fractal curves with description. In 1904, a Swedish mathematician, Helge von Koch introduced the construction of the Koch curve on his paper called, “On a continuous curve without tangents, constructible from elementary geometry”. ➢ In this mathematical

efforts to subjugate black females Hooks, B. (n.d.). We real cool: Black men and masculinity (Pg.12).” Both articles are questioning the socialization of men and women based on external factors which helps support the patriarchy and hyper masculinity fractals. Baldwin and hooks are saying that as long as society has these binaries men and women will continue to have this disconnect based on constructs that have been forced on them. Through this similarity Baldwin and hooks are both able to interrogate

The concept of self and selflessness is prime to all Indian philosophies. Two of India’s most popular religious systems, Jainism and Buddhism, teach renunciation of the self in order to reach Samadhi and Dharma (i.e. enlightenment, breaking free from the cycle of rebirth and correct living) (Collins, 1990). While Jainism vehemently espouses denial of self, both as an ideological concept and as a tangible reality, Buddhism teaches renunciation of self by way of still using the self as a vehicle for

notions of infinity and parallel lines brought “perspective” to the artistic realm in creating realistic representations of depth and dimension, mathematics has influenced art in a more definite way – by actually becoming art. The introduction of fractal geometry and tessellations as creative works spawned the creation of new and innovative genres of art, which can be exemplified through the works of M.C Escher. Escher’s pieces are among the most recognized works of art today. While visually stimulating

The concept of self and selflessness is prime to all Indian philosophies. Two of India’s philosophical systems, Jainism and Buddhism, teach renunciation of the self in order to reach Samadhi and Dharma (i.e. enlightenment, breaking free from the cycle of rebirth and correct living) (Collins, 1990). While Jainism strongly espouses denial of self, both as an ideological concept and as a tangible reality, Buddhism teaches renunciation of self by way of still using the self as a vehicle for such understanding

In Present Shock: When Everything Happens Now, Douglass Rushkoff discusses his interpretation of the relationship of society and rapidly evolving technology. He believes that as technology progresses, society becomes increasingly dependent on it and eventually loses touch with the traditional sense of time and reality. Through the book Rushkoff makes several insightful observations about the development of society and how technologies were often the driving force behind these “Present Shocks.”