And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Monday, January 3, 2022
Plates 19 and 20 of the Rhind Mathematical Papyrus, written around 1550 BC during the Second Intermediate Period, under the Hyksos Pharaoh Apophis of the 15th dynasty by a scribe Ahmose.
Looks like a lab notebook I graded as an instructor in grad school. The hypothesis section is good, and the development and experimental sections seem strong. I generally look for more in the conclusions and future work areas. Seems like solid B work.
It's quite obvious that the author of this paper requires attendance at the "Pathway to Math Equity Micro-Course," offered by the Oregon Department of Education. It would help him come to terms with dismantling racism in mathematics. Yeah...
Looks like a lab notebook I graded as an instructor in grad school. The hypothesis section is good, and the development and experimental sections seem strong. I generally look for more in the conclusions and future work areas. Seems like solid B work.
ReplyDeleteThat made my day.
DeleteIs a translation available?
ReplyDeleteFrom what sort of brain did these abstractions sprout?
An Alien one.
DeleteWe've always been told that the Greeks were the great mathematicians - or was Pythagoras Egyptian after all?
ReplyDeleteFound a typo on the second page...
ReplyDeleteIt's "'eye' before 'flea' except after 'sea'"... common mistake.
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It's quite obvious that the author of this paper requires attendance at the "Pathway to Math Equity Micro-Course," offered by the Oregon Department of Education. It would help him come to terms with dismantling racism in mathematics. Yeah...
ReplyDeleteEgyptian math, whoa! And, of course, it's about pyramids. Did von Danniken read this? (No apologies if I spelled his name wrong.)
ReplyDeleteThe Second Formula on the First Scroll, CLEARLY proves that 2 Wrongs do in fact make a Right.
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