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| Zippers: A Long Time in the Making |
| To get to the point in which zippers are today, there were three major stages in which it had to go through. The first of these started back on August 29, 1893 when the first zipper-like fastener was patented by Whitcomb Judson. |
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| Facts About Diamonds: A Girl’s Best Friend |
| Women have loved diamonds for centuries, diamonds have been dubbed a girl’s best friend and for good reason. Here are some facts about diamonds that will likely make a diamond more appealing to you for any occasion! 1. Diamonds are the hardest substance on earth. 2. Diamonds are carbon. |
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| Fibonacci Prime Decompositions |
| Two famous unsolved problems in number theory are 1) Goldbach’s Conjecture, which claims that every even integer > 2 is expressible as the sum of two primes; and 2) de Polignac’s conjecture, which claims that every even integer can be expressed as the difference of two consecutive primes. |
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| Ten Facts about Square Numbers |
| Square numbers. 12 = 1, 22 = 4, 32 = 9, 42 = 16, 52 = 25, 62 = 36 … They are one of the most basic classes of numbers. Many people consider a geometric square to be a perfect shape with the most pleasing type of symmetry, which brings us to the reason numbers of the form n2 are called squares. |
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