Therefore, the literal day theory is consistent with the rest of scripture. Coogan finally states that the attempt to reconcile the creation with modern science by redefining “day” as a geological age, is a misguided adventure (Coogan 2006, 7). Haley’s Bible Handbook suggests that there are numerous different definitions of day. “In Genesis 1:5 it used as a term for light.” (Halley 2007, 85) In contrast he shows that in 1:8 and 1:13 it is a literal twenty-four hour day. In 1:14 and 1:16 it may represent a twelve hour period.
In 240 BC, Archimedes of Syracuse concluded his study of π with 223/71<π<22/7. He knew the exact value of π was not 22/7 but the average showed π = 3.1418. Archimedes had found the most accurate value of π at that time and it was used exclusively until around 480 AD when Tsu Chung-Chih of China approximated π at 355/113. During the dark ages of Europe, around 515 AD, Aryabhata of Persia approximated π to 3 decimal places. A mathematician from Baghdad, Alkhwarizimi, worked with π but it was Al-Khashi from Samarkand in 1430 AD that approximated π to 16 decimal places.
Major Contributors to Astronomy Tycho Brahe is known for his accurate and comprehensive astronomical and planetary observations.Tycho Brahe was a Danish nobleman that made vital contributions to astronomy by inventing instruments to observe the sky before the invention or the telescope. In ancient times, Greeks believed that the sky was unchanging and that the stars they saw in the sky had been there since the beginning of time. On November 11, 1572 Tycho saw a star in Cassiopeia that he had never seen before. After a seeing of observations, he realized it was a supernova, which is a death of a massive star. His observations of planetary motion, mostly that of Mars, gave important data for astronomers to come, like Kepler.
Scribes, Warriors, and Kings: The City of Copan and the Ancient Maya William L. Fash Harvard University Jared Kopiczko History 134.122936.Online The Maya, one of the most important civilizations in the New World, flourished in the western part of Honduras for over two thousand years. They left an important legacy of art, mathematics and astronomy that still permeate our culture to this day. In modern day Honduras, we can still visit and study the ruins of their great cities and monuments and gaze in wonder at their massive technological achievements long before the aid of modern construction equipment. These ruins have long been the subject of intense study and many great books have been written about their life and times. The Maya
They had the first records of North America starting in 1320. Christopher Columbus was not sailing blind when he thought he was going to India. He himself admits having gleaned “the most copious and good and true information from distinguished men of great learning”, the Chinese who came to Florence in 1434. In the year 1418 the King of Portugal obtained a Chinese map. Ten years later, the Doge’s palace somehow got a map that included the Americas and Australia, yet no European had ever been there before.
They founded modern mathematics. 05. In the Code of Hammurabi, they invented the first legal system that protects the weak, the widow & the orphan. 06. Five thousand years ago, they had philosphers who attempted to list every known thing in the world.
Both men do a good job to express their ideas and are both somewhat convincing in their own way. As we all know however, there must be a winner in every debate and this is the case with this one as well. Each philosopher brought up points that did more to sway his audience than others. I would like to start with those highlighted by the atheist Dr. Dacey. The most enthralling argument in my opinion is the one concerning all the other religions that do not believe in the traditional Monotheistic God, popular in the Christian view
Islands of Genius In the article “Islands of Genius” by Darold A. Treffert and Gregory A. Wallace the condition known as savants is put into question as we wonder if all of us have a bit of genius in us that is just laying dormant. First the actual study of savants is explained in its different forms (the most common being music, math and art). The first person on record of having savants is Thomas Fuller in 1789, “when fuller was asked how many seconds a person has lived by the time he was 70 years, 17 days, and 12 hours he correctly responded 2,210,500,800 in a minute and a half- and he had taken into account 17 leap years”. The next person we learn about is Leslie Lemke, a music virtuoso by the young age of only 14. He played the piano flawlessly even with cerebral palsy, a developmental disability, and he was blind.
This gave them a huge advantage against the Triple Alliance. The introduction of the tank sounded amazing and great a first, but it took many trial and errors in order to perfect it. The first tanks that rolled out were treated like the final product, but in reality it was merely a prototype. These tanks were designed to break through the “no man’s land.” The “no man’s land” was a term used to identify the area between the two enemy
He became a captain in the Royal navy. James Cook detailed maps of Newfound Land. He was the first European to arrive on the east coast of Australia and Hawaii Islands. James Cook was the first person to travel all the way around to New Zealand. Cooks first journey was in 1768 and his objective was to observe the plant Venus as it passed between the earth and the sun – this observation would help astronomers to calculate the distance of the sun from earth, he also hoped to find the southern continent.