Savvy Cafe Answers » Mathematics http://answers.savvy-cafe.com Savvy Cafe Answers Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:37:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Where was Albert Einstein born? http://answers.savvy-cafe.com/where-was-albert-einstein-born-2008-02-21/ http://answers.savvy-cafe.com/where-was-albert-einstein-born-2008-02-21/#comments Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:15:47 +0000 Cindy http://answers.savvy-cafe.com/where-was-albert-einstein-born-2008-02-21/ Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Albert Einstein was the most notable physicist of the 20th century.  Born in Ulm, Germany on March 14, 1879, he attended schools in Germany and Switzerland.   He renounced his German citizenship in 1933, and moved to the United States.   He accepted a professorship at Princeton University and obtained his U.S. citizenship in 1940.  He received numerous awards for his work including the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921.  Einstein died in Princeton, New Jersey on April 18, 1955. 

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]]> http://answers.savvy-cafe.com/where-was-albert-einstein-born-2008-02-21/feed/ 3 Where did the term boolean originate? http://answers.savvy-cafe.com/where-did-the-term-boolean-originate-2008-02-19/ http://answers.savvy-cafe.com/where-did-the-term-boolean-originate-2008-02-19/#comments Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:38:27 +0000 Cindy http://answers.savvy-cafe.com/where-did-the-term-boolean-originate-2008-02-19/ Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Internet savvy people know that a boolean search allows users to widen or narrow their internet search by combining or excluding words by including terms such as “AND”, “NOT” and “OR” in their search criteria.   What many may not know is how the search method got such a funny sounding name.  George Boole was a 19th century mathematician in England.  He developed what he called “Boolean Logic.”   Boolean Logic allowed him to combine certain concepts and exclude others while searching databases.   Today, those wishing to perform a Boolean search can use either the word or the mathematical equivalent.  For example, you can type “AND” or “+”.     With the millions of web pages on the Internet, Boolean searches are often the easiest way to find the information you need quickly, without having to wade through hundreds of pages. 

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]]> http://answers.savvy-cafe.com/where-did-the-term-boolean-originate-2008-02-19/feed/ 2 Abscissa http://answers.savvy-cafe.com/abscissa-2007-11-24/ http://answers.savvy-cafe.com/abscissa-2007-11-24/#comments Sat, 24 Nov 2007 13:20:54 +0000 Jennifer http://answers.savvy-cafe.com/abscissa-2007-11-28/ Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> The Abscissa is the x-coordinate. 

In the cartesian coordinate system in mathematics, the two coordinates are specified by two perpendicular directed lines (the x-axis or abscissa, and the y-axis or ordinate), as well as the unit length, which is marked off on the two axes.

“Abscissa” was the clue in an October 2007 NYTimes Crossword puzzle.

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