Essays on Thales

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Critical infrastructure can have a simple explanation of the wheel or more importantly, the backbone of the most technological economies in the world. It guides everything. It controls everything. It dictates the share which each person or a select community gets. It is simply the lives of most of the citizens in such nations. As such, the security of such systems is vital. Such systems will be prone to attacks and manipulations by people who are not contented or want a larger share than that they are already allocated. Some people will also like to cartel the follow of ...

In his article, Brian Yazzie Burkhart talks about differences in the comprehensions and perceptions of the world between representatives of western nations and American Indians. He contrasts the underlying principles of comprehension of these two nations by stating that representatives of Western nations seek for a reason and evidence, while American Indians’ way is more intuitive-based and rely on feelings. The characters of Coyote and Thales only prove that American Indian epistemology is very different from the epistemology of Western nations and this difference is obvious in every aspect. He easily finds evidence to his idea by referring to ...

Introduction

Geometry is an important branch of mathematics. Its origin goes back thousands of years and is primarily associated with the development of crafts, culture, arts, work with human activities and the supervision of the world. This is evidenced by the names of geometric shapes. For example, the name of "trapezoid" figure comes from the Greek word "trapezion" – table (Gordh and Headrick).

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In the fifth century BC, there was a decisive turn in the development of geometry. This development is connected with the name of Thales, a native of the city of Miletus. Thales was a merchant who spared his ...