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...Paul's Online Math Notes: While most pre-100-level math finals are over, if you think you'd benefit from a refresher on calculus, differential equations, or linear algebra, Paul Dawkins' guide can help...
...young Tom Hanks, history was as dull as an algebra equation. For Hanks - a classic baby boomer, born in 1956 - World War II was just a string of long-ago muzzle flashes in black-and-white. Yet he did have a more direct connection to the global cataclysm. His father had been a U.S. Naval mechanic (second class) in World War II. But Amos Hanks wasn't the type to tell his son tales of bravery and sacrifice. "Growing up, I always knew Dad was somewhere in the Pacific fixing things," Hanks says. "He had nothing nice to say about...
When I was a kid, my best friend always called me Esmé. We’d be in Algebra class, taking a test, and she’d pass me a note, and it would read, on the outside, “For Esmé.” And, inside...
...months. To earn an associate degree focusing on renewable energy - enough prep for a job as a solar-installation-team leader, which can pay up to $28 an hour - an ACC student has to take a total of 69 credit hours of courses, including solar photovoltaic systems, programming, physics, algebra, English composition and lab work. Average cost per credit hour for most students...
...history, I also know civilization's debt to Islam. It was Islam - at places like Al-Azhar University - that carried the light of learning through so many centuries, paving the way for Europe's Renaissance and Enlightenment. It was innovation in Muslim communities that developed the order of algebra; our magnetic compass and tools of navigation; our mastery of pens and printing; our understanding of how disease spreads and how it can be healed. Islamic culture has given us majestic arches and soaring spires; timeless poetry and cherished music; elegant calligraphy and places of peaceful contemplation. And throughout history, Islam...