Expressing Creativity through Mathematics After his visit to a Shell Research Laboratory, my high school teacher in math told us in class that he was so happy with his education, because mathematics had helped him to understand the explanations and demonstrations that had been given by the Shell researchers. He said, "If you master mathematics then you can understand everything." That was certainly an exaggeration, but it nevertheless sounded like a golden message. Since I definitely wanted to have a better understanding of what was going on around me, mathematics seemed the obvious way to go. Also, if it was not much beyond high school math, then it was pretty easy in addition. What could one wish more? So I enrolled in every advanced math class offered in our high school. Pretty soon I discovered that mathematics was much more than a set of principles that helped one to solve intellectual riddles. It was not a finished system that one could aim to master after some limited time, but it was really a way of thinking, a means of expressing creativity: endless, an old established science, but still fresh and with undiscovered green meadows, nearby and far away. I also learned that mathematics was more than merely an intellectual activity: it was a necessary tool for getting a grip on all sorts of problems in science and engineering. Without mathematics there is no progress. However, mathematics could also show its nasty face during periods in which problems that seemed so simple at first sight refused to be solved for a long time. Every math student will recognize these periods of frustration and helplessness. My first opportunity to use math outside the academic world was in my part time job with United parcel Service. It was an eye-opener for me in that mathematical techniques, in combination with computers, could be used for solving very complicated real-life problems, such as predicting and controlling the continuos flow of 300 million packages per day. I was deeply impressed by the numerical masterpieces of Jim Gilkinson and Dick Marga, the project managers. They led the way in showing how one could overcome some serious limitations of computers for solving linear systems of equations.
Clyde Barrow was born on March 24,1909,Ellis County,Texas.The fifth of seven children born to a poor family in Texas,Clyde and his brother Buck supported themselves as petty thieves.When Clyde met Bonnie Parker in January 1930,he was 21 and single.Soon after their meeting,he was sent to jail for burglary,and Bonnie smuggled him a gun and aided his escape.A week later he was recaptured and was then to serve a 14 year sentence in the Notoriously brutal Eastham Prison farm near Weldon Texas.On April 21,1930 Clyde arrived at Eastham.Life was unbearable there for him and he became desperate to get out.Hoping that if he was physically incapacitated he might get transferred off of the Eastham Farm,he asked a fellow prisoner to chop off some of his toes with an axe.Although the missing two toes did not get him transferred Clyde was granted an early parole.After Clyde was released from Eastham on February 2,1932 on crutches,he vowed that he would rather die than go back to that horrible place.
“Some day they’ll go down together…But it’s death for Bonnie and Clyde” (Guinn 313). The quote from above was the last poem written by Bonnie Parker, but the question remains: was Bonnie a cold-blooded killer that deserved to die, or was she just a girl who fell for the wrong boy? This eventually leads to her joining in to a life of crime. A look at the life of the “Cigar-Smoking Gun Moll” as everyone referred to her, will prove that the ambush that took her life was unjust.
Bonnie & Clyde were a famous fugitive couple in 1930’s. During 1932 and 1934, they were killing, robbing and stealing along the way. (244)
Bonnie soon learns of Clyde's criminal endeavors as the law comes looking for him and he is sent him to Denton, Texas for charges of stolen merchandise. They law didn't have enough proof and transferred him to Waco Texas where he confessed to several car thefts. He was sentenced two years on each count, but then he was allowed to serve them concurrently.
Clyde was released two years later from prison. He had learned nothing from his past with authority and continued with his crime sprees. Bonnie reunited with him, and together, along with a small group of men, robbed small banks and businesses. They’ve had several close calls with the police as well.
Bonnie and Clyde held the attention of the American public. Their lives brought forth a story of romance, action and adventure during the 1920s and the Great Depression. They are known as legends, their lives caught the attention of the American people in a way that had never happened before, from the time they met, to when they became the felons they are known for being and even in their deaths they were always in the eyes of the people. They brought to light a new kind of criminal. Bonnie and Clyde’s lifestyle was greatly influenced by the 1920s and the Great Depression.
Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow had a gang called the “barrow” gang and they went across the country robbing and killing people during the Great Depression. Throughout the whole four years of the Barrow gang, they had committed 13 murders. Even when they had kidnapped people, they didn't always kill them. They usually would drive them to a different state and drop them off. Just so they can find their way back, and sometimes they would give the person money to get back home. Many would say what they were doing was too much, but to them it wasn’t, they were just having a good time. In the 1930’s Bonnie and Clyde were considered dangerous bank robbers, burglars and murderers all over the country.
...enced and Corrupt Organizations Act has undergone a change. The original purpose of the law was to stop corrupt persons from using a legitimate business as a cover-up for illegal actions, such as gambling or drug trafficking. Over time, it has become more of a tool in civil RICO claims than in criminal cases. The purpose remains the similar though, to keep people from illegally prospering on the misfortune of others. With the advent of civil RICO, private parties have a way of taking action against a business that has wronged them. RICO will likely continue to grow in its uses to achieve justice.
I have always enjoyed math tremendously. I can remember riding in a car for long distances as a child and continuously calculating average speeds and percentages of distances covered as we traveled. In college I took upper division math classes such as Real Analysis and Game Theory (and placed near the top of the curve) though they were not required for my major. All this time spent playing with math has left me with a deep understanding of the way numbers work and the many ways in which problems can be solved.
To properly understand the story of Bonnie and Clyde background information must be present. Clyde Barrow was born into a family of poverty, with many mouths to feed; Clyde’s parents had trouble paying the bills (“Bonnie and Clyde.” New par. 7). At a young age Clyde was very fascinated with Western Outlaws such as Jessie James, and Cole Younger. Finally, at age sixteen, Clyde decided to drop out of school (“Bonnie and Clyde.” New par. 7). Clyde began his first criminal offense when he did not return a rental car, in 1926; his second arrest was with his older brother, Buck Barrow, for stealing turkeys (“Bonnie and Clyde.” New par. 7). Although being arrested twice before the age of twenty, Clyde would try to maintain a steady job; however, when the job failed Clyde always went back to being a criminal (“Bonnie and Clyde.” New par. 7).
Today in America, Gambling can be a matter of life and death; not just to adults, but to their kids as well. Gambling has been growing since day one and it is still going strong today; and not just through casinos but on the internet as well. People usually turn to gambling because they think it is their one way ticket to being rich or earning some extra cash for themselves, but in reality it could be their one way ticket to the bottom. It may be true that gambling helps the economy, but is helping the economy worth someone’s life. With gambling today, people should know that it is not the answer to any of their problems; it was never the answer to their problems back when it first started in America in the 1600’s, though it may be the answer for the economy now with all of its problems or natural disasters, but it certainly is not the answer to go online and gamble.
This class made me realize that there is more to math then just numbers and calculations. One interesting concept
I am a firm believer that mathematics is more of an ability to solve problems than
...re encompassing way, it becomes very clear that everything that we do or encounter in life can be in some way associated with math. Whether it be writing a paper, debating a controversial topic, playing Temple Run, buying Christmas presents, checking final grades on PeopleSoft, packing to go home, or cutting paper snowflakes to decorate the house, many of our daily activities encompass math. What has surprised me the most is that I do not feel that I have been seeking out these relationships between math and other areas of my life, rather the connections just seem more visible to me now that I have a greater appreciation and understanding for the subject. Math is necessary. Math is powerful. Math is important. Math is influential. Math is surprising. Math is found in unexpected places. Math is found in my worldview. Math is everywhere. Math is Beautiful.
Logic and mathematics starting with basic arithmetic showed me how to follow steps, one at a time and one after another, to arrive at the results, one step at a time and after another. I learned that an error in one step will make all the following steps and results wrong. Mathematics like any other rule and pattern based discipline may show through experience and trial or error, how to solve problems first by following given methods and later, if needed, by combining and exploring different methods.