#mathematition

[scotianostra]

William Playfair the Scottish engineer and political economist was born on September 22nd 1759.

In a day where anniversaries are thin on the ground, thank god for William Henry Playfair.

I read one article about Playfair that describes him as "a kind of Forrest Gump of the Enlightenment" perhaps a bit harsh, I would say he was a bit of a polymath, another source in my opinion is more accurate, Playfair is without doubt to many of you out there "the most famous man you have never heard of" he rubbed shoulders with the era’s many giants, switching careers at the drop of a hat, and throwing himself headlong into history-changing events, from the storming of the Bastille to the settling of the American West.

William had a lot to live up to, his brothers were architect James Playfair and mathematician John Playfair, his father passed away when he was 13 and it was left to John to lead the family. After serving his apprenticeship with Andrew Meikle, the inventor of the threshing machine, Playfair became draftsman and personal assistant to James Watt at the Boulton and Watt steam engine factory in Soho, Birmingham then seems to have just wander from one trade to another, the way Gump wandered through life, so you can see where the analogy comes from.

William Playfair, was, during his adult life, (takes a deep breath) a millwright, engineer, draftsman, accountant, inventor, silversmith, merchant, investment broker, economist, statistician, pamphleteer, translator, publicist, land speculator, convict, banker, ardent royalist, editor, blackmailer and journalist. Okay they are not all jobs, but they do put you in the picture a wee bit on the character of the man I think.

Most interestingly in my opinion was his time as a spy in France during the Revolution and was on the scene during the storming of the Bastille. He even helps trigger the first major political scandal in the newly formed United States, a land speculation gone bad involving Washington, Hamilton, and Jefferson.

To go into all of this man's adventurers would take too long, instead I will just tell you that the one thing he did, that has been a part of all your lives, in one way or another, is he invented the graph. Before William invented the graph you had to read through pages of statistics to find things out, the graph, you "get it" in a glance. In 1786, he published The Commercial and Political Atlas, a compendium of bar and line charts representing different European countries’ imports, exports, wages, and other trends for which he had the data handy. As the man himself explained, “Men of high rank, or active business, can only pay attention to outlines… It is hoped that, with the Assistance of these Charts, such information will be got without the fatigue and trouble of studying the particulars.” he went on “No study is less alluring or more dry and tedious than statistics, unless the mind and imagination are set to work,” in the book’s introduction.

His old boss Watt, was sent a copy of the Commercial Atlas for review, and wasn't impressed, called the book “mere plummery” and its author “a Rascal.”

To finish I must say that he was a rather humble man and actually gave credit for the invention to his brother writing, “[John] taught me to know that whatever can be expressed in numbers, may be represented by lines,” Playfair wrote much later, in the introduction to one of his books of diagrams. “To the best and most affectionate of brothers, I owe the invention of [these] Charts.” He was never a success in his lifetime and was seen as a ditherer by Watt, William Playfair died in 1823, in poverty and relative obscurity, banned from any good society.

Slowly, over the next century or so, the supply of readily available data grew—as did the the public’s appetite for it. Bar, line and pie charts began trickling into newspapers and textbooks. Two hundred years later, as we barrel forward into the Information Age, you can’t click a link without stumbling upon some kind of data visualization. The next time you come across a graph, remember, like many other notable inventions in our history, take pride in that it was the work of a Scot that gave us these easy to read information "pictures".

[max1461]

SHEence, HERmanities, mathemaTITS. uh.

[bobvelsebishot]

"Why does the calculator have tits" because it's awesome...

call that mathematits

[superblyinstantninja]

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[desitenya]

pronouns but instead of a slash theres a line like how there is in vertical fractions

[sir-fatcatmccatterson]

I made Andrew and Neil!! :)

[novagrippia]

Oh my god I just did so much of my maths homework and I didn't even realise my calculator was in radians whyyyyy ;-;

[eric-sadahire]

Some mathematitions are making a plan to travel back in time through a wormhole to a parallel universe to stop global warming by using rocks as a fuel source

[mknmvz]

we all in rush...higher speed, the need for success...now the brooms back out and it's not even the NBA playoffs yet...I took thoundsand days off yes... time to heal and reflect...just to sweep away this spiritual debt..now I'm back and blacked owned but it's still a government check...I'm still not mad at the process but physically apart of the process...until I'm no longer apart of the process...and apart of the overall progress...mindset...heart set...8 and 24 duel concepts that allows you to know theres versions of progress...we who measure are mathematitions of our own fates...no faith and believe you can cut and sew your own space...insanity...vanity...anti clarity... hidden agendas of personal gain and benefiting off of charity...export to import the exploitation....we service and being served the concepts of elite nations...corporations they winning...fetty over all...shrug shoulders and we all rushing to cop new Jay's at the mall, new cars and cribs... just appreciate it...and stop knocking how we live... - mvz ---- ---- ---- #fashion #vintage #boutique #justmythoughts #innovatebutpayrespect #mknmvz #brooklyn #sportsfashion #sweats #merchandise #createnevercompete #mirrors https://www.instagram.com/p/B8g4VoUAk8f/?igshid=isdpfgczp33d

[radplaidtacofan]

mathematits

[missmathematician]

Show us your Mathematits! 😂

Okay, but be warned. They are opinionated:

[scotianostra]

April 4th 1617 saw the death of John Napier, the mathematician.

Best known as the inventor of logarithms Napier is also credited to have made the use of the decimal point in arithmetic and mathematics common. In addition to mathematics, he also had deep interests in astronomy and religion. Napier was born at Merchiston Castle in Edinburgh, which is now in the middle the campus bearing his name of Napier University.

Not much is known about his early life except for the fact that he was the son of a Scottish landowner and official and received a privileged upbringing. As a member of the nobility, he was tutored privately at home for a few years before being sent to St Salvator's College, St Andrews. It was here that he first became deeply interested in theology though he did not acquire in-depth knowledge in mathematics until later.

For reasons unknown, he left the college before earning his degree and it is believed that he moved to some other educational institute for his higher studies. Eventually he began managing his estates and pursued mathematics as a hobby. Among his several contributions to the field, his invention of logarithms is regarded as his greatest.

In 1614 he wrote Mirifici Logarithmorum Canonis Descriptio which contained 90 pages of tables of natural logarithms and also contained theorems in spherical trigonometry known as Napier's Rules of Circular Parts.

Now I can appreciate why these things are necessary in science etc  I have to say, I hate maths, don't mistake that with arithmetic, as I am quite adept at counting, the times table and division etc, trigonometry, algebra, logarithms can quite simple GTF.

Our archives at The National Library of Scotland has the original copies of Napiers memoirs, I will give you an example of his work;

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I mean come on, what kind of sorcery is this?

Which leads me to the final party of this post, John Napier was seen as a devoted and deeply religious family man, but in fact several members of John Napier’s family – respected and wealthy  participants of Edinburgh society - were commonly known to be wizards or  sorcerers. Their necromantic power was feared by nobles as well as  peasants from far and wide.

This was at a time when James VI was actively attending and persecuting many poor people, mainly women, putting them to death after days and weeks of torture, had Napiers family not been landed gentry, they would have been the ideal candidates for these actions, money eh, changes everything.

Was John Napier involved in this? Well there is no proof of it, he was however a free thinker and thought outside the box, a very clever man, two examples of this here, initially caused the witchcraft tag to be be placed on him......

Rumours spread that he was a warlock after he enlisted the help of the  cockeral to discover which if his servants had been stealing from him. Each servant was ordered to go into a darkened room and stroke the cockeral - the bird would crow, said Napier, when the guilty servant touched it.

The bird remained silent but Napier stunned the household by immediately identifying the culprit. Surely this was sorcery. But all he had done was put soot on the cockerel's feathers - the innocent servants all had black on their hands, while the guilty one's were clean because he was afraid to touch the bird.

At Merchiston, when pigeons belonging to a neighbouring landowner had been eating Napier's grain, he threatened to restrain them. 'Do so, if you can catch them,' scoffed his neighbour. Next morning, Napier's servants could be seen stuffing hundreds of semi-conscious pigeons into sacks. Onlookers were convinced Napier had bewitched them - in fact he had simply scattered succulent peas soaked in wine to get the birds drunk and incapable.

But before his death Napier had left full details of how his logarithms had been calculated, and had left one final invention as a boon to the merchant classes. Napier's Rods, or Napier's Bones as they were called from the material they were made of, were in effect a powerful "pocket calculator", as seen in the second pic.

Napier was twice married; first, in 1571, to Elizabeth, daughter of Sir James Stirling of Keir, by whom he had a son and a daughter; secondly, to Agnes, daughter of James Chisholm of Cromlix, by whom he had ten children. His eldest son, Archibald, who succeeded him, was raised to the rank of a baron by Charles I., in 1627, under the title of lord Napier, which is still borne by his descendants. A very elaborate life of him was published in 1835.

The third pic is Napier family memorial tablet at St. Giles, Edinburgh,although the memorial is said to have been moved from it's original position on the Kirk.

You can read more of the sorcery claims here https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/napiers-wizard-roots-2463821

[ewei-nigeria]

Clare Boothe Luce was truly a remarkable woman. Her career spanned seven decades and nearly as many professional interests—journalism, politics, the theatre, diplomacy, and intelligence. Anne Clare Boothe was born in New York City, March 10, 1903. Her father was a violinist and businessman and her mother had been a dancer. She attended St. Mary's School in Garden City, N.Y., graduated from Miss Mason's School, "The Castle," in Tarrytown, N.Y. in 1919, and briefly attended Clare Tree Major's School of Theatre in New York City. As a young woman, she was very active in the Suffrage movement. In 1930 she became associate editor for Vanity Fair, resigning from that position in 1934 to pursue a career as a playwright. On November 23, 1935 she married Henry R. “Harry” Luce, co-founder, and editor in chief of Time, Inc. Her most successful play, The Women, opened on Broadway on December 26, 1936. In 1940 she wrote and published a book about her travels in Europe just as World War II was breaking out. The book was titled Europe in the Spring. By 1942 she was fully involved in wartime politics and ran for and was elected as a representative to Congress for Connecticut's Fourth District. She wrote the screenplay for a movie focusing on the lives of two nuns, come to the Stable, that received an Oscar nomination for best motion picture of the year (1949). She was instrumental in establishing the Atomic Energy Commission and was appointed U.S. Ambassador to Italy, becoming the first American woman to represent her country to a major world power. In 1981, President Reagan appointed Clare to the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, and in 1983 she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom. She chose to establish a legacy that would benefit current and future generations of women with talent and ambition in areas where they continue to be severely underrepresented—science, mathematitics, and engineering. Ambassador Luce was posthumously inducted into the National Women’s Hall Of Fame on September 16, 2017. Story Source: @henrylucefoundation @cblwomen #sherowednesday #sheroes https://www.instagram.com/p/CEEt0AaJ-DC/?igshid=qmhhwt91o813

[craftycoffeeangel-blog]

The Fibonacci Sequence

The golden ratio is a mathematical ratio commonly found in nature - the ratio of 1 to 1.618 - that has many names, such as:- The golden ratio, The rule of thirds or The fibonacci sequence.

The golden ratio is usually depicted as a single large rectangle formed by a square and another rectangle (as shown below).

what’s unique about this ratio is that you can repeat the sequence infinitely, as this sequence is infinate you can remove the big square and it will still be the perfect golden ratio.

This ratio has continued to surprise artists, scientists, musicians and mathematitions for centuries. The reason for this is that the golden ratio seems to pop up everywhere. Not only does it pop up everywhere, it also seems that the human eye is very attracted to the results of the ratio.

You can use this ratio to decide how to split your frame. When taking photos, think about where to position the subject of the photo. Instead of having your subject in the middle of the frame, position them/ it towards the side of the photo so the background of the picture is also more on show.

An example of this is shown below.

The golden ratio was also used by great artists like leonardo da vinci and  Salvador Dali. It is debated as to whether the Mona Lisa was intentionally created using the proportions of the golden ratio. whether leonardo intentionally painted using the ratio or not we still find the painting aesthetically pleasing.

[1000-blows]

my dad guessing danganronpa ultimates - v3

angie: like, she kicks ass

gonta: something to do with hair

himiko: LION GIRL

k1-b0: human torch? oh wait that's a superhero-

kaede: mathematition. she has like the maths equations on her skirt.

kaito: hobo

kriumi: sweeper? swiper? swiper no swiping?

kokichi: i dunno but he looks annoying

korekiyo: romance man

maki: average girl. like she isn't special.

miu: pointy b//bs?

rantaro: Mr Needs To Learn To Sit On a Chair

ryoma: ball man

shuichi: like an athlete or something

tenko: martial arty or something

tsumugi: she watches too much anime, so a weeb?

[trylofight]

For all aspiring mathematitions, enlighten yourself. For everyone else, please read this supremecourtjester.blogspot.com/2015/05/units-of-modern-measurement-how-many.html?m=1