Comments - IT is ALL GREEK to me !!?? - Gaia Community2024-03-29T05:02:37Zhttps://letschangetheworld.ning.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=5313775%3ABlogPost%3A15841&xn_auth=noThe hand-powered, 2,000-yea…tag:letschangetheworld.ning.com,2021-08-17:5313775:Comment:1267212021-08-17T14:05:01.160ZMichael Grovehttps://letschangetheworld.ning.com/profile/MichaelGrove
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<p class="dcr-s23rjr">The hand-powered, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/mar/12/scientists-move-closer-to-solving-mystery-of-antikythera-mechanism" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><strong>2,000-year-old device</strong></a> displayed the motion of the universe, predicting the movement of the five known planets, the phases of the…</p>
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<p class="dcr-s23rjr">The hand-powered, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/mar/12/scientists-move-closer-to-solving-mystery-of-antikythera-mechanism" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>2,000-year-old device</strong></a> displayed the motion of the universe, predicting the movement of the five known planets, the phases of the moon and the solar and lunar eclipses. But quite how it achieved such impressive feats has proved fiendishly hard to untangle.</p>
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<p class="dcr-s23rjr">Now researchers at UCL believe they have solved the mystery – at least in part – and have set about reconstructing the device, gearwheels and all, to test whether their proposal works. If they can build a replica with modern machinery, they aim to do the same with techniques from antiquity.</p>
<p class="dcr-s23rjr">“We believe that our reconstruction fits all the evidence that scientists have gleaned from the extant remains to date,” said Adam Wojcik, a materials scientist at UCL. While other scholars have made reconstructions in the past, the fact that two-thirds of the mechanism are missing has made it hard to know for sure how it worked.</p>
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<p class="dcr-s23rjr">.</p> Greek astonomers pioneered…tag:letschangetheworld.ning.com,2015-06-12:5313775:Comment:191442015-06-12T10:34:27.574ZMichael Grovehttps://letschangetheworld.ning.com/profile/MichaelGrove
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<p><strong>Greek astonomers pioneered the work of calculating the sides and angles of triangles</strong>. <span>Islamic</span><span>s cholars used trigonometry to determine the direction to Mecca. Muslims like to pray facing Mecca. </span>Tradition requires that the dead be buried facing Mecca and that Muslim butchers face Mecca when <span>killing animals for meat. <br></br><br></br>It was <span><strong>Al-Khwarizmi</strong> who wrote about the practical use of decimals…</span></span></p>
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<p><strong>Greek astonomers pioneered the work of calculating the sides and angles of triangles</strong>. <span>Islamic</span><span>s cholars used trigonometry to determine the direction to Mecca. Muslims like to pray facing Mecca. </span>Tradition requires that the dead be buried facing Mecca and that Muslim butchers face Mecca when <span>killing animals for meat. <br/><br/>It was <span><strong>Al-Khwarizmi</strong> who wrote about the practical use of decimals and </span></span><span><span>also </span></span>clarified and popularised a method for solving certain mathematical problems. He explained the method in his work </p>
<p><em><strong><a href="http://www.muslimheritage.com/article/science-restoring-and-balancing-%E2%80%93-science-algebra" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Book of Restoring and Balancing</a></strong>. </em></p>
<p><span><em><br/></em><span>The term </span><em>al-jabr </em><span>in its Arabic title, </span><em>Kitab al-jabr wa’l-muqabala, </em><span>is the source of the English word </span></span><span><span>algebra. Algebra, says science writer Ehsan Masood, is considered “<em><strong>the single most important </strong></em></span></span><span><span><em><strong>mathematical tool ever devised, and one that underpins every facet of science</strong></em>.”<br/><br/><span>Centuries later, Western mathematicians, including Galileo and Fibonacci, held al-Khwarizmi in </span></span></span><span><span><span>high esteem because of his clear explanations regarding the use of equations. Al-Khwarizmi’s </span></span></span><span><span><span>descriptions <strong>paved the way</strong> <em><strong><a href="http://www.storyofmathematics.com/islamic_alkhwarizmi.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">for further studies in algebra, </a></strong></em></span></span></span><span><span><span><em><strong><a href="http://www.storyofmathematics.com/islamic_alkhwarizmi.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">arithmetic and trigonometry. </a></strong></em></span></span></span>The latter enabled Middle Eastern scholars to calculate values for angles and sides of triangles <span><span><span>and to advance studies in astronomy. <span>In time, al-Khwarizmi’s works were translated into Latin.</span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span>The Italian mathematician <strong>Fibonacci</strong> (c. 1170-1250), also known as <em><strong>Leonardo of Pisa</strong></em>, is generally </span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span>credited with popularizing Hindu-Arabic numerals in the West. He learned about them during his </span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span>travels in the Mediterranean world and thereafter wrote his </span><em>Book of Calculation.</em></span><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/></span></span></p>
<p><span><span>.</span></span></p> The properties of space have…tag:letschangetheworld.ning.com,2014-08-23:5313775:Comment:172102014-08-23T21:08:27.783ZMichael Grovehttps://letschangetheworld.ning.com/profile/MichaelGrove
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<p><a href="http://www.scienceandnonduality.com/did-the-vedic-philosophy-influenced-the-concept-of-free-energy-and-quantum-mechanics" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>The properties of space have been postulated by many, from ancient Vedic philosophy</strong>,</a><span> Eastern Mystics, various ancient civilizations throughout human history all the way to </span>Descartes, Einstein, Newton and more. </p>
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<p><a href="http://www.scienceandnonduality.com/did-the-vedic-philosophy-influenced-the-concept-of-free-energy-and-quantum-mechanics" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>The properties of space have been postulated by many, from ancient Vedic philosophy</strong>,</a><span> Eastern Mystics, various ancient civilizations throughout human history all the way to </span>Descartes, Einstein, Newton and more. </p>
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You can just imagine what…tag:letschangetheworld.ning.com,2013-11-21:5313775:Comment:161432013-11-21T16:12:29.740ZMichael Grovehttps://letschangetheworld.ning.com/profile/MichaelGrove
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<p><span class="font-size-5">You can just imagine what <strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/michael.grove.98/posts/724530850908502" target="_blank">Leibnitz</a></strong> would have made of the</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-5"><em>function and significance</em> of the Antikythera Mechanism !!!???<br/></span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-5">You can just imagine what <strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/michael.grove.98/posts/724530850908502" target="_blank">Leibnitz</a></strong> would have made of the</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-5"><em>function and significance</em> of the Antikythera Mechanism !!!???<br/></span></p>
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Then sometimes, just someti…tag:letschangetheworld.ning.com,2013-09-21:5313775:Comment:159682013-09-21T11:20:45.771ZMichael Grovehttps://letschangetheworld.ning.com/profile/MichaelGrove
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<p><span class="font-size-5"><br></br>Then sometimes, <em>just sometimes</em>, the <em><strong><a href="http://www.fastcodesign.com/1662831/watch-an-apple-engineer-recreate-a-2000-year-old-computer-using-legos" target="_blank">art is turned on</a></strong></em></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-5"><em><strong><a href="http://www.fastcodesign.com/1662831/watch-an-apple-engineer-recreate-a-2000-year-old-computer-using-legos" target="_blank">its </a> …</strong></em></span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-5"><br/>Then sometimes, <em>just sometimes</em>, the <em><strong><a href="http://www.fastcodesign.com/1662831/watch-an-apple-engineer-recreate-a-2000-year-old-computer-using-legos" target="_blank">art is turned on</a></strong></em></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-5"><em><strong><a href="http://www.fastcodesign.com/1662831/watch-an-apple-engineer-recreate-a-2000-year-old-computer-using-legos" target="_blank">its </a> </strong></em><em><strong><a href="http://www.fastcodesign.com/1662831/watch-an-apple-engineer-recreate-a-2000-year-old-computer-using-legos" target="_blank">head</a></strong></em><span> to be </span>able to reproduce <em><strong>the inner workings of<br/><br/><iframe width="594" height="334" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/RLPVCJjTNgk?wmode=opaque" frameborder="0"></iframe>
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<p><span class="font-size-5"><em><strong><a href="http://letschangetheworld.ning.com/profiles/blogs/it-is-all-greek-to-me" target="_blank">a piece of art</a></strong></em> long lost to our amazement & gratification.</span></p>
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