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30 Days of Gratefulness-Ramadan Pt 5: Sky

Same sky above me, but what an assortment of canopies! Still no matter where I look up from; whichever patch of earth my feet are planted – be it the aerotropolis of Dubai, the marbled Pantheons of Classical Greece or the castaway … Continue reading

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Maths

The (not so) humble Triangle. Mathematics for all intents and purposes began with the triangle. Pre-Socrates Greek thinker Thales of Miletus (624 BC – 546 BC) calculated the height of the Great Pyramid of Giza. How? By using shadow reckoning. The … Continue reading

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