Laputa is the flying island in Gulliver's third voyage where the inhabitants are engrossed in intellectual pursuits and even greet each other with intricate formulae! According to Swift the astronomers of Laputa had discovered two satellites around mars. The nearer one rotating with a period about one-third the mars rotation period and the outer one with rotation period roughly same as that of mars. These satellites were later discovered by Asaph Hall in 1877, nearly two centuries after they were predicted, namely Phobos and Deimos. They also discovered the technology of magnetic leviation.
In the spirit of inhabitants of Laputa, we would like to discuss some of the interesting things that we come across everyday in our lives. The readers are welcome to give their suggestions and comments and make this blog more exciting.
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Numerology:
A most remarkable formula:
that connects five most important constants of maths. These five constants symbolize the four major branches of mathematics: arithmetic, represented by 0 and 1; algebra, by i; geometry, by pi; and analysis by e.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Further read:
1. Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift.
2. e: The story of a number by Eli Maor.
(Image courtesy:http://bibliophilica.wordpress.com/2010/07/05/gullivers-travels-part-3/ )
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