In my calculus class, our professor asked us to explain Zeno's Paradoxes. I've read thrugh the linked Wiki page a dozen times, and I've read about ten interpretations from fellow students, and I still ...
Zeno’s paradoxes, for example, led over time to the concept of limits which, in turn, was the basis for the calculus. Various philosophical treatments of paradoxes have been put forth, such as the one ...
The fastest human in the world, according to the Ancient Greek legend, was the heroine Atalanta. Although she was a famous huntress who joined Jason and the Argonauts in the search for the golden ...
Inspired by Zeno’s paradoxes (named after the fifth-century BCE philosopher’s logic puzzles relating to time and motion), the metaphysically engaged latest from Jarman (after The Heronry) is divided ...
I don't think anyone holds out hope that pi is rational anymore. However there are trends that the wiki link points to that are of interest: 1. All records from 1400 onwards are given as the number of ...