Saturday, January 6, 2007

Classic

Wow, I went to bed lastnight around 11:30pm and I got up 1:30pm...long sleep gave me a headache!

Anyway, as I was mentioned mathematics always tells story...how? Without mathematical language it would not possible for us to see and appreciate the increable, the an imaginable structures built by man hundred years ago.

For instance, the amazing pyramids in Egypt. The Egyptian Kings built the pyramids as their tombs.

[Facts: Khufu's Pyramid-How Wide? The base of the Great Pyramid is a square with each side measuring 230 m (756 ft) and covering an area of 5.3 hectares (13 acres).Imagine a football field. Nearly 10 football fields could fit within the base. The area of the base is also equal to about seven city blocks in New York City.How Tall? At 146.5 m (481 ft) high, the Great Pyramid stood as the tallest structure in the world for more than 4,000 years. Today it stands at 137 m (449.5 ft) high, having lost 9.5 m (31 ft) from the top.-pbs.org]


How about the great wall of China? The Great Wall of China was built to protect the Chinese from invadares.

Facts: The Great Wall is the world's longest man-made structure, stretching over a formidable 6,352 km (3,948 miles)- Wikipedia; Approximately it would stretch from Los Angeles to Boston - chinahighlights.com]

The Taj Mahal in India? It was built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan for his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal...once again love story was translated through the language of mathematics...

[Facts: It took about 20 years to build; 20,000 labourers, engineers and architects to erect the structure, and the Taj was inspired by the Humayun's tomb in Delhi.- Taymahalagra.com

We still continue learning, and continue translating the language of mathematics...and we only have read, heard and seen a few of these amazing stories...

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