Math+as+AOK


 * Math as Area of knowledge (AOK) **


 * With the Moon as our starting point to link the Ways of Knowing (WOK's - Think PERL) and the Areas of Knowing (AOK's - Think IB Hexogram - Math / Natural Sciences / Human Sciences / Arts / History) we will a) make sense of some of the Math questions raised in our Moon Perception exercise and b) have fun interpreting some quotations about Math as an AOK.**


 * A. Record here 3 Math Questions raised in class that interest you. Then under each write your answer/s and reflect on your process for expanding your knowledge in that area.**

A. 49 can be in the earth.
 * Q1. How many moons would fit inside the Earth? How many Moons would fit inside the Earth? **


 * Q2. What is the size of the moon compare to other moons? **

The Moon is the largest at 3,474 Km.

2.38 km/s.
 * Q3. What is the escape velocity of the moon? **

B. Read the following Math quotations (some you may have heard before) and below three of them, write your interpretation of what you believe the author is trying to say.

"Mathematics is neither physical nor mental, it's social." Reuben Hersh, 1927-
 * In here he is trying to say that maths is an area that helps to communicate between each other. If this doesnt happen, everything falls apart and would not make sense because you need to share it with others to spread the information that we got it and some people they don't so it's nice to share it and that what we call it social.**

"The useful combinations (in mathematics) are precisely the most beautiful." Henri Poincare, 1854-1912 "Mathematics is the abstract key with turns the lock of the physical universe." John Polkinghorne, 1930 -
 * I think what he mean by this quote is every single thing in math is nice and fun to learn it and i think this person interest is mathematics. Also he don't show specific thing in math like geometric, arithmetic, algebra...etc so that's means every thing.**

"Everything that can be counted does not count. Everything that counts cannot be counted." Albert Einstein, 1879-1955
 * This means that the math behind the stuff that are precious to us cannot be counted in a way that they are intangible, it cannot be expressed in numbers as it is our feelings. The actual math does matter but doesn't matter as much as the math behind our feelings.**

"The mark of a civilized man is the ability to look at a column of numbers and weep." Berterand Russell, 1872-1970

"A mathematician is a machine for turning coffee into theorems." Paul Erdos, 1913-96
 * This means that mathematicians are responsible for turning simple ideas or nonsense into logic and common sense to make it easier for others. Or..**
 * It means the complicated stuff expressed in a formula and theorems for others to use.**

"Mathematics began when it was discovered that a barce of pheasants, and a couple of days have something in common: the number two." Bertrand Russell, 1872-1970

To speak freely, I am convinced that it (mathematics) is a more powerful instrument of knowledge than any other..." Rene Descaret, 1596-1650

"Instead of having "answers" on a math test, they should just call them 'impressions", and if you got a different "impression", so what, cant' we all be brothers?| Jack Handy 1949- "Instead of having "answers" on a math test, they should just call them 'impressions", and if you got a different "impression", so what, cant' we all be brothers?| Jack Handy 1949

> There are estimated to be roughly 300,000 craters wider than 1 km on the Moon's near side alone. Well, that no-one will ever know. But a good estimate would be around 5000-10,000
 * How did they discover the area, circumference and diameter? by using Geophysical techniques.
 * What is the velocity of the moon? Approximately 1km/s
 * How many craters are there in the moon? Approximately 300,000 craters (with diameters down to 1 km) are visible from ground based telescopes; high-definition photographs from lunar probes reveal millions of craters; extreme close-ups show countless microscopic craters.
 * Does the distance between the moon and the earth change over the time? It never changes because its orbit stays equilivant to the earth all the time.
 * What is the diameter of the largest crater on the moon that can be seen on Earth by the naked eye? It cannot be seen with the naked eye.

This is my math assays:



   Can mathematics be characterized as a universal language? Zahra Althunayan + Alhawra Alshams Feb 15/2011

As we know that counting, geometry and many other things in math are the same in anywhere in the universe, doesn’t matter if the way that the mathematician express them in different ways or different teaching because they are still the same method and the same formulas too, so, that will never change in the whole world.

Thus the answer for the question will be yes, mathematics can be developed into universal language. One of the areas that mathematics is discussing the Symbolic Logic. It does take language apart and reduced it to a series of equations. Very few people, if any, are literate in all the world's tongues English, Chinese, Arabic and so on. But virtually all of us possess the ability to be "literate" in the shared language of math. That’s means if any one ask you for math help you can help hem/her without any struggling because the formulas will stay the same and every mathematics thing is the same too like for example we all know the symbol for the numbers so if I asked you how to answer this problem 123-x=32 you should understand the numbers and the way to solve this it’s easy we just need to move 32 in the other side but in different sign it will be negative because we move it from it’s place to another place and the x will go where 32 was in and also as we know negative with negative will turn to positive so now we only need to add 123+32 which will equal to 155 and that’s the answer for x value. But the struggling point it might be the communication with each other. Although of we are looking out side the mathematics circle we will find other thing that consider to be a universal language which is Music Yes it is a universal language because it have a symbols too which is easier for people to talk a bout it because as I say it does have a symbols so if the musician people with different nationalities have meeting with each other they can easily communicate with each other because they have the same machines and the symbol for music.