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The Wild and Contentious History of Mathematical Symbols
I started teaching in 1977, and across my nearly 50 years, I noticed that students were always interested in the history of ...
What do the five rings of the Olympic Games symbol mean and what does each color represent?
America, Africa, Europe and Asia. At the same time they are intertwined with each other as a symbol of union. The first time ...
Finally, the bald eagle is our national bird. Here is the history of the symbol
In 1782 the bald eagle was placed on the Great Seal of the United States and Americans just assumed it was our national bird − wrongly it turned out. While the U.S. had a national mammal (bison) and ...