Le blog de la section Math Euro Anglais du Lycée Baudelaire
The Scottish National Gallery is the national art galleryof Scotland. It is located on the Mound in central Edinbourgh, in a neoclassical building designed by William Henry Playfour, and first opened to the public in 1859. The gallery houses the Scottish...
We went to Camera Obscura and Word of Illusions on Saturday afternoon during our trip in Scotland. We stayed 2 hours there in Edinburgh, next to the Edinburgh Castle. The main attraction of the museum is the rooftop show at top of the tower of the museum...
What is a fractal ? A fractal is a never-ending pattern. Fractals are infinitely complex patterns that are self-similar across different scales. We can find this geometric shape in the nature as in cauliflower, in the Romanesco cabbage, in the bird feather...
The cathedral of Santa Maria is located in the centre of Italy, in Anagni near Rome. It was built in the end of 11th century; it was commissioned by Bishop St. Peter of Salerno. The construction lasted 34 Years. It’s a mix between two styles of churches:...
The church is localicated in Rome and had been built in the 7th century. It is of byzantine style. This basilica owns many floors of cosmati style. The cosmati style is an old artistic kind which composed with Sierpinski’s triangle but it is older than...
In ancient Greece ...
Our Dynamic Earth Museum Our Dynamic earth On Sunday morning, we visited a great museum in Edinburgh : Our Dynamic Earth. This scientific museum focus on the processes that have shaped the Earth (known as earth science). This includes, abiogenesis, plate...
Was it better or worse in Scotland ? It was just different ! FOOD Breakfast was huge but boys were starving after lunch ! Some of us were asking for French bread only three days after leaving France ! ALLOWED / PROHIBITED In Scotland, it was REALLY impossible...
The Golden Number Calculations This number, the number of harmony and beauty, can be calculated with many ways. Here are some of them : An equation : the golden number is the positive solution of the equation x²-x-1=0. It exact value is (square root of...
Fractals Fractals in nature Sierpinski's triangle presentation the roman basilica Santa Maria in Cosmedin the cathedral of Agnani other examples
On the second day of our trip we went to Scottish canals in Bathgate to take a Wooden Spoon Seagull to do the Falkirk Wheel with the students we have met on the morning at Bathgate Academy. Established in 1983, Wooden Spoon is rugby’s charity which supports...
During our trip in Scotland, we've made a very interesting visit at the national museum. The national museum contains 20 000 objects , 26 galleries and a library. There is also a lively programme of events and specials exhibitions. But in fact a world...
The Babylonians The babylonians are an old civilization that controlled much of mdern day Iraq, Iran and Syria, from 1800 BC. In order to expand and run their empire, thei became masters of managing and manipulating numbers. the babylonians appeared interested...
Sovereign state : United Kingdom Country : Scotland Population : 482,640 inhabitants (in 2012) Density : 1,828h/km² Edinburgh has a town centre divided in two. On the one hand, there is an old town built on a hill which overlooking the city. It is the...
There has always been a great fascination with numbers in China. According to a Legend, the first souverain of China : the Yellow Emperor created mathematics with one of his deitys in 2800 BC. He was believing that numbers could help cause make significant....
On the second day of the trip we went to the Bathgate Academy, it's a secondary and high school, so pupils are between 11 and 18.The students there study from 8:30am to 3:30 pm exept on Fridays, when they leave school at 12:20. We started the day by following...
The hostel where we spent 5 nights is located in the heart of Edinburgh's old town. It is called "Smart City Hostels" and it is really welcoming and well situated. Indeed, we did almost all journeys on foot. We were near everything. We were separated...
Symmetry: Many mathematical principles are based on ideals, and apply to an abstract, perfect world. This world is reflected in the imperfect physical world, such as in the approximate symmetry of a human face divided by an axis along the nose. Fibonacci...
Liste des thèmes de section européenne Maths-Anglais --- Lycée Baudelaire The golden number The Fibonacci sequence Numeral systems Magic tricks Pascal’s triangle Fermat’s last theorem Maths and movies (Oxford Murders, a beautiful mind : John Nash, Numbers...
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MILLENIUM PRIZE PROBLEMS Seven problems in mathematics were stated in 2000 as Millenium Prize Problems If you have the correct solution to any of the problems you can win US$1.000.000 On of theses problems, the Poincaré’s Conjecture, has been solved in...
In number theory, Fermat's Last Theorem, states that no three positive integers a, b, and c can satisfy the equation a^n + b^n = c^n for any integer value of n greater than two. For example : when n=2, we can find solutions, a^2 + b^2 = c^2 (Pythagorus)...
14/01/13 : From Annecy to Edinburgh via Geneva 15/01/13 : Bathgate (St Kentsigers academy & Bathgate academy) 16/01/13 : Our dynamic world &Arthur’s seat 17/01/13 : National Museum &shopping 18/01/13 : Camera Obscura & National Gallery & movie 19/01/13...
