Blattiphobia
A great wave of fear filters through the body at the thought of creatures that slither and crawl. Of all the bugs, snakes, and spiders in this vast universe the appearance, feel, and behavior of the tree roach can induce a panic as intense as a heart attack.
The appearance of a roach is fearful in itself. One of the frightening things about a roach is its shape. It is scary to think how aerodynamic its body is. The roach can flatten its body like a pancake, making it appear to move through walls. The "V" shaped antennae appear to be picking up human emotions, especially fear. The size of a roach can send my heart into my throat. I have seen roaches on my countertop two and one half inches long. Johnny Carson had an African variety on his show that was three inches long. It's frightening to think roaches are so big that Raid had to create a motel for them. Seeing a roach crawling in filthy places reminds us of the germs it carries. My skin shudders when I see a roach in the toilet. Roaches love to crawl in the grime under the kitchen sink. I once saw a roach bouncing in the dirt of one of my potted plants as if it were a puppy who had just received a bath.
Fear can turn into convulsions as actual contact with a roach is made. Every nerve fires at the same time when a roach crawls on the skin. I became physically ill with fear when a roach ran up my bare leg. Once one jumped from a box into my lap and all my extremities thrashed about while trying to remove the bug from my skin. The ultimate contact was when the roach ran across my face; I wanted to die! Getting a roach caught in my hair was frightening--no, traumatic. A romantic evening on the porch turned into a scene out of "Psycho" when a roach dropped on my hair. Dinner was ruined when a roach dropped down the back of my dress at an outdoor restaurant. Momentary skin contact with a roach is bad; stepping on one spells phobia. The crunch of a big roach as it is stepped on sends waves up my spine.
Numbers do not exist. They are creations of the mind, existing only in the realm of understanding. No one has ever touched a number, nor would it be possible to do so. You may sketch a symbol on a paper that represents a number, but that symbol is not the number itself. A number is just understood. Nevertheless, numbers hold symbolic meaning. Have you ever asked yourself serious questions about the significance, implications, and roles of numbers? For example, “Why does the number ten denote a change to double digits?” “Is zero a number or a non-number?” Or, the matter this paper will address: “Why does the number three hold an understood and symbolic importance?”
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In the 1920’s, a physicist at the GE Research Laboratories, Frank Benford, thought it more than a curiosity and conducted extensive testing of naturally occurring data and computed the expected frequencies of the digits. In Table 1, there is a table of these expected frequencies for the first four positions. Benford also determined that the data could not be constrained to only show a restricted range of numbers such as market values of stock nor could it be a set of assigned numbers such as street addresses or social security numbers. (Nigrini 1999)
Leonhard Euler was a brilliant Swiss mathematician and physicist, living between 1707 and 1783. Euler had a phenomenal memory, so much so that he continued to contribute to the field of mathematics even after he went blind in 1766. He was the most productive mathematical writer of all time, publishing over 800 papers. Euler’s dedication towards the subject intrigued me and motivated me to choose a topic related to Euler himself. Amidst his many contributions, I came across e. After further research, I soon learned the multiple applications of the number, and its significance to math. I chose to study the topic of e because I wanted to learn the many ways e can be represented and how it impacts our lives, as well as to share my findings with my peers.
On the construction of a diagonal number based on an array of the natural numbers, a real number is given. This number is therefore not an element of the set of the natural numbers. Thus the argument suggests there exist more real than natural numbers even when considering an infinite list of the naturals. Hence the result is given that the real numbers cannot be put into one-one correspondence with the natural numbers. This is that the set of real numbers is non-denumerable. Since we have the definition that two sets have the same cardinality ...
...head: head, tail; or tail, head. This yields a 2/4 or 50% chance. Using Pascal’s Triangle for 10 flips, we found the sum of the elements of the 10th row equals 1024. Using combinations, (10 C 5) = 252. Given these results, there are exactly 252 ways to have exactly 5 heads in 10 flips of a coin or (252/1024) = 24.6% chance. Our application of Pascal’s Triangle had given a result, which to some would be a priori counterintuitive.
Although Spiders provide a plethora of benefits to our community, they continue to be one of the most feared insects not only in the Northern Kentuckian area but also throughout the world. In this project, I will come to a conclusion on why people generally fear spiders, which is an actual diagnosis called arachnophobia. Arachnophobia can be triggered by the mere thought of a spider or even by a picture of a spider in some cases. Some people with arachnophobia will, upon entering a room, search it for a spider. If they find a spider, they will monitor its progress very thoroughly. Often the fear is caused by having an unwanted encounter with a spider earlier in life, such as their childhood. One of the more effective and
Blaise Pascal was a French philosopher and mathematician who lived in the 1600s. He is known for inventing the calculator and it is he whom the Pascal’s triangle was named after.
Death it is something we all must face at one point in our lives or another. It is either a death of a loved one, friend or co-worker. Sometimes it’s the devastation from a natural disaster. No matter what makes us face the idea of death it is how we handle this realization that truly matters. When Gilgamesh is faced with the horrendous loss of his dear friend and comrade Enkidu he begins to fear death. In Gilgamesh’s youth he is proud without fear of death, it is not until he watches his friend die that his own mortality becomes a fear.
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It is the end of a long, rough day at the busy hospital. You get done with your last injured patient, when you hear someone with tiny indented holes all over his body say, “Can you help me?” If you would freak out and get goosebumps from seeing holes like this, you may be someone that has trypophobia, the fear of tiny clusters or holes.
Fibonacci was born Leonardo Pisano in the twelfth century in the Italian city of Pisa. Pisano was educated in Northern Africa where he grew up. After spending many years traveling he returned to Pisa in the year twelve hundred. Upon his return he decided to pass the knowledge he gained to the public of Pisa, in the form of his book. The name Fibonacci was given to Leonardo when a group of scholar’s mistook his title to be his name. Fibonacci had intended his book to make mathematical calculations easier through this new number system that by all accounts was superior to the Roman one. Fibonacci wou...
Blacker, Steve and Jeanette Polanski and Marc Schwach. “Golden Ratio: Fibonacci in Nature.” Dec. 8, 1999. http://www.geom.umn.edu/~demo5337/s97b/spiral.html
First Natural numbers which are what we use and see as our counting numbers. These numbers consist of these simple numbers 1, 2, 3, 4… and so on. Whole numbers are the next numbers which include all natural numbers along with the number zero which means that they are for example 0, 1, 2, 3, 4… and so on. Integers can also be whole numbers but also can be whole numbers with a negative sign in front of them. Integers are the individual numbers such as -4, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4… and so on. Rational numbers include integers along with fractions, and decimals. Examples for Rational numbers include ¼, -¾, 7.82, 2, 123/25, 0.3333. Irrational numbers do not include integers or fractions. Although Irrational numbers are the only group that is classified with numbers that can have a decimal value that can continue for however long with no specific pattern unlike rational numbers. An example of an irrational number could be pi. Pi which we usually just round to 3.14 is actually 3.1415926535897932384626433832795… and this continues on for trillions of digits. And last comes Real numbers which include natural numbers, whole numbers, integers, rational number...
Numbers are swirling. Papers are flying. The man ponders with great focus on his work. He is pursuing the greatest achievements known to man; the revolutionization of the world of mathematics. This man’s name would go down as one of the greatest mathematicians of all time. His name is Leonhard Euler. Leonhard Euler lived during the 18th century in Sweden and Russia. Euler came from humble origins, initially living in a small two-room house. When Euler was 14, his father hired a math tutor for him. His father, Paul Euler, deemed that the school’s teaching was insufficient. Incidentally, Euler fell in love with the subject immediately and began pursuing an education in the realm of mathematics. It was thanks to his father that Euler developed a passion for learning. Euler not only contributed to multiple mathematical fields, but also made gigantic leaps in areas such as physics, engineering, and music theory. Some of his most famous works being: complex analysis, the gamma function, infinitude of primes, the