Articles Tagged with calculation

It doesn’t look right

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Finding mistakes

Our tutor ponders techniques he employs unconsciously.

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Divisable numbers

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How many whats in a which?

In actual use, the decimal system is not always the best.

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The danger of mathematics

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Ask a simple question

We wind up unexpectedly far from home.

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Libraries and long walks

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An unnecessary problem

Scientists sometimes set themselves problems just to learn.

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Alternate methods

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The answer or the process?

When there’s more than one way to get there, you have to choose.  This can be confusing or useful.

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A cup of suns

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The fixed stars, part III

Seeing the forest instead of the trees

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Saving the phenomena

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Fixed stars, part II

The Middle Ages were a hotbed of astronomical controversy in Europe.

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A near miss

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Fixed stars, part I

A star is coming very close to the Sun very soon, as distance and time go in astronomy.

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Hawking radiation – II

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Black holes to the rescue

We contine with an explanation of why Stephen Hawking is famous among physicists.

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Knowing what you know

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Your own limits

Are you really almost there, or just starting out?

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