Mathematics students often encounter confusion when distinguishing between rational and irrational numbers. However, mastering this fundamental concept becomes straightforward once you understand the ...

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Irrational numbers are numbers that cannot be expressed as the ratio of two whole numbers. This is opposed to rational numbers, like 2, 7, one-fifth and -13/9, which can be, and are, expressed as the ...

Through the story of the whale ship Essex, novelist Karen Thompson Walker describes how our most vivid fears are often not the most realistic. In Karen Thompson Walker's 2012 novel The Age of Miracles ...

Fear. Every human on the planet experiences fear. Sometimes, as we grow older, we get over our fears. Sometimes, as we get older, we develop new fears. When you think about things you fear, you will ...

When my students grow too dependent on their calculators, I ask them to find a number that, when multiplied by itself, gives them 2. Students quickly see that since 1² = 1 and 2² = 4, the answer has ...

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After giving a lecture at a large tech company, I got into a cab bound for the airport along with one of the attendees. As I searched for my seatbelt in the bottomless crevice of the back seat, I ...

I was reading about π (pi) today, and of course, went to wikipedia to read about it. One thing that I don't remember so clearly from math class (sad, since I was a mathematics minor....) was ...