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infrared and to the left by the ultraviolet. The audible frequency range for
the normal human ear lies between 20 and 20,000 Hz (Hertz).
A.2.1 Left Versus Right Hemispheres of Brain
There is now accumulating evidence dispelling the idea that some people
are predominantly left-brained and others right-brained, which was always
a demarcation found more in the popular media than the scientific literature.
See, for instance: Nielsen et al. [1].
A.2.2 Second Law of Thermodynamics
The second law of thermodynamics received some notoriety in the 1960s
when British scientist and acclaimed novelist, C.P. Snow, disparaged the
lack of basic scientific knowledge among those who had received a classical
education. He opined that ignoring the second law of thermodynamics was
an equivalent in ignorance to never having read Shakespeare. Two satirists,
Michael Flanders and Donald Swann, resolving to remedy the gap in their
education, studied the law and based a song about it called: The first and
Second Law, in their stage show, and in a later recording: At the Drop of
Another Hat.
A.3.1 The Axioms of Euclid’s Geometry
There are five axioms that are generally recognised as the basis for ordinary (or
Euclidean) geometry. Let us blow away the cobwebs that have accumulated
in our heads since high school, and recap these axioms in Figs. A.1, A.2, A.3,
A.4 and A.5.
Fig. A.1 Axiom 1: A straight line can be drawn between any two points
Appendices
infrared and to the left by the ultraviolet. The audible frequency range for
the normal human ear lies between 20 and 20,000 Hz (Hertz).
A.2.1 Left Versus Right Hemispheres of Brain
There is now accumulating evidence dispelling the idea that some people
are predominantly left-brained and others right-brained, which was always
a demarcation found more in the popular media than the scientific literature.
See, for instance: Nielsen et al. [1].
A.2.2 Second Law of Thermodynamics
The second law of thermodynamics received some notoriety in the 1960s
when British scientist and acclaimed novelist, C.P. Snow, disparaged the
lack of basic scientific knowledge among those who had received a classical
education. He opined that ignoring the second law of thermodynamics was
an equivalent in ignorance to never having read Shakespeare. Two satirists,
Michael Flanders and Donald Swann, resolving to remedy the gap in their
education, studied the law and based a song about it called: The first and
Second Law, in their stage show, and in a later recording: At the Drop of
Another Hat.
A.3.1 The Axioms of Euclid’s Geometry
There are five axioms that are generally recognised as the basis for ordinary (or
Euclidean) geometry. Let us blow away the cobwebs that have accumulated
in our heads since high school, and recap these axioms in Figs. A.1, A.2, A.3,
A.4 and A.5.
Fig. A.1 Axiom 1: A straight line can be drawn between any two points