Christian's Portion pt. 1
Lots of mathematics and astronomy in the 12th century was written in...
Arabic
Jordanus Nemorarius is the founder of the medieval school of __________.
Mechanics
What is Dr. Delong's first name?
Matthew
Bradwardine proposed an alternative to the __________ law of motion
Aristotelian
What type of series did we look at?
Harmonic series
This man used the horizontal bar for fractions... (also known for a famous sequence)
Fibonacci
Mathematics research was at a ___ point in early middle ages
low
What year was Marian University established?
1851
Nicole Oresme was from what country?
France
Harmonic series does what?
diverges
List the first five numbers in the Fibonacci Sequence...
1, 1, 2, 3, 5...
Adelard of Bath was the teacher of the future King _______ the 2nd
Henry
Who is the project creator of the 1619 Project?
Nikole Hannah-Jones
The latitude of _______
forms
T/F : Thomas Bradwardine was a philosopher, a theologian, and a mathematician who rose to the position of Archbishop of Canterbury.
True
Oxford University was started a long time ago, starting in the 13th century what was one of the areas of studies open to students? (be more specific than just mathematics)
logic, arithmetic, geometry
Fibonacci’s Sequence has been the center piece for many different ______
proofs
Where are the Sisters of St. Francis from?
Oldenburg, Indiana
The 13th century saw what come to Europe from the East?
gunpowder, compass
T/F : The 13th century was known as the Medieval Period
True
We talked about four different individuals in this presentation. Name one of them other than Leonardo Pisano Fibonacci
Adelard of Bath, Gherard of Cremona, or Jordanus Nemorarius
Gherard of Cremona traveled to Spain to learn _______ to be able to translate previous mathematicians like Ptolemy and Euclid.
Arabic
When is graduation this year?
May 8th, 2021
_________ thought “the speed of an object subject to a moving force acting in a resisting medium is proportional to the force and inversely proportional to the resistance.”
Aristotle
Finish the sequence... ½ + ____ + ⅜ + . . . + n/2n + . . . + = 2
2/4