Put your 4D glasses on; Objects in Lineland and Flatland
Attempting to visualize objects in the fourth spatial dimension by extending on parallels drawn from comparing objects in 2D space to their 3D equivalents.
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How many sides does a circle have? Zooming in on a circle
The following increasingly better approximate a circle: triangle, square, pentagon, hexagon, ... Following this pattern, how many sides does a circle have?
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Proof that the square of any prime number (save for 2 and 3) is 24n+1
Gauss called mathematics the queen of all sciences, and number theory the queen of mathematics. This is an accessible 'proof' on a result from number theory
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Why your head is older than your feet: Gravitational time dilation
A universal effect of gravity on the (relative) passage of time, with easily visualizable examples, and to promote interest in physics and the sciences.
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Why you are less bothered being ripped off more expensive stuff
A shrewd saleswoman easily upsells a client who's already spending a sizable sum. The Weber-Fechner law sizes our relative responses to stimuli change
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The universe divides by 0. The sound barrier
As soon as we are taught division, our teachers sternly warn: you cannot divide by 0! While your teacher may stop you from this ‘forbidden operation’, nothing impedes mother nature.
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Leveraging social-network connectivity to advertise
Small world theories have been substantiated by social experiments during the last century and by data during this one. In this paper I make a case for the effectiveness of advertising through personal social networks, as undesirable as it may be.
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