CHAPTER 1
one of the single most important problems in philosophy
What is the problem of change?
Author of the thought experiment that attempted to show that motion simply cannot occur
Who is Zeno of Elea?
A combination of space and time represented by a ratio of distance traveled to the time traveled (common name)
What is speed?
The Greek uppercase letter name that means "change in"
What is delta?
this author holds the idea that science, philosophy, and math is a strand of three cords as a central theme in his effort to reunify STEM with the liberal arts
Who is Mitch Stokes?
Thales of Miletus' explanation of why there is both change and order in the world
What is "everything is made of water"?
The similar structure between physical space and the set of all numbers makes this field of science possible
What is physics?
The ratio of distance to time by another name
What is velocity?
The amount of time that lapses in an instant of time that makes it analogous to a point
What is zero?
The subject designation paradox for Calculus for Everyone Understanding Physics and the Mathematics of Change
What is "Is it math (Calculus) or science (Physics)"?
A belief of Pythagoras and his followers who were impressed to find that simple mathematics applied to music
What is "all is number"?
Who is Aristotle?
A false representation of how fast a car was actually moving at any given moment on a trip
What is average speed or velocity?
What is delta x or the change in location?
as a creation of the human mind, much like language or music, a view holding mathematics is this
What is Invented/a human construct?
This famous Pythagorean divided all of reality into a physical realm consisting of the ordinary universe and a nonphysical realm of Ideas/Forms
Who is Plato?
The act of working on the problem of motion and discovering more about the universe according to Newton and other founders of modern science
What is "doing theology"?
The only real speed
What is instantaneous speed?
the time it takes to travel a distance
What is delta t (change in time) or final time minus initial time?
a view that mathematics was this, as a fundamental part of the universe, waiting to be uncovered
What is Discovered/universal Truth?
Harmonic combination of notes produced by the motion of the heavenly bodies in our Father's world
What is the music of the spheres?
A graph of a curve showing a relationship between these basic concepts related to motion
What are distance and time?
Legion with a lead foot
What is speed demon?
The problem of determining instantaneous velocity (when there is no change in time)
What is the "paradox of speed"?
a type of "medium" that proposes a synthesis: mathematics is a human-invented language used to describe and discover eternal truths. Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof
What is Happy?