Mathematics is all around us, and it has shaped our understanding of the world in countless ways. 1) The Pythagorean Theorem: This theorem is foundational to our understanding of geometry. It ...

If you’ve hung around electronics for any length of time, you’ve surely heard of the decibel (often abbreviated dB). The decibel is a measure of a power ratio. Actually, the real measure is a bel, but ...

THE general procedure in determining numerical values in a scientific investigation is as follows. From a few observations we first compute the approximate values of certain constants, using for this ...

STUDENTS interested in this subject may be recommended to consult “The Construction of the Wonderful Canon of Logarithms,” by John Napier, Baron of Merchiston; translated from Latin into English, with ...

Mathematics is all around us, and it has shaped our understanding of the world in countless ways. In 2013, mathematician and science author Ian Stewart published a book on 17 Equations That Changed ...