Beyond the Glass Ceiling: July 2010

Saturday, July 31, 2010

Bag Your Identity

My books...they are my best friends...My cell...keep everything in nature close to me. ... Always in my bag...
BAGS!!!!!!!!!!

Some are very convenient; some are practical useful, some are very beautiful… I think all of them always getting attention...as your status symbol...

BAG YOUR IDENTITY

Friday, July 30, 2010

I thought about this from my childhood itself. Why Mathematics???...I asked myself, why do I like mathematics? Is this because my father was a mathematics teacher???Is it just because I can do it and I enjoy solving problems? Or am I just fascinated with numbers and figures? It could even be that I love formulas. But one thing is certain. I really enjoy working with mathematical concepts whether it's from simple operations such as addition and subtraction, to solving complicated problems concerning trigonometry. My favorite branches of mathematics are algebra, trigonometry, geometry, statistics, and operations research, being a researcher in economics...i love the way that mathematics integrates with economics in mathematical economics and econometrics.
MY FAVOURITE NUMBER???...3, 7, 9.

The origin of the numeral forms suggests that the numerals originated as various numbers of dots, which were connected with lines or on the basis of angles .Around the middle of the tenth century al-Uqlidisi wrote Kitab al-fusul fi al-hisab al-Hindi which is the earliest surviving book that presents the Indian numeral system. In it al-Uqlidisi argues that the system is of practical value:-
"Most arithmeticians are obliged to use it in their work: since it is easy and immediate, requires little memorisation, provides quick answers, demands little thought ... Therefore, we say that it is a science and practice that requires a tool, such as a writer, an artisan, a knight needs to conduct their affairs; since if the artisan has difficulty in finding what he needs for his trade, he will never succeed; to grasp it there is no difficulty, impossibility or preparation."

Whenever I come across people with different life problems, I get really excited to help them. I really like to think and apply math especially on real life situations. Applying it that way makes it more meaningful to me. Even during my dark ages, I managed to ace my math scores. i think people with good arithmetic ability have better problem solving skills

hey do u like 69??? they are MADE FOR EACH OTHER!!!
Oh NOOoo.... they got mad at each other!!!

Bingo - MAD ANGLES

“I think we can rule out 'mixed brain dominance' as a cause of your poor performance at school, Charlie Brown" "Have you ruled out stupidity?" "Peanuts", Charles M”

Well I am a lefty by birth, I am little sad about my recent experience that I am losing my left hand special skills....I am becoming more logical with right brain domination....wondering how its possible???

The concept of right brain and left brain thinking developed from the research in the late 1960s of an American psychobiologist Roger W Sperry. He discovered that the human brain has two very different ways of thinking. One (the right brain) is visual and processes information in an intuitive and simultaneous way, looking first at the whole picture then the details. The other (the left brain) is verbal and processes information in an analytical and sequential way, looking first at the pieces then putting them together to get the whole. Sperry was awarded a Nobel Prize in 1981, although subsequent research has show things aren't quite as polarized as once thought (nor as simple).

Right Brain Characteristics
Here are some of the basic characteristic traits associated with the right brain.
Random
Intuitive
Holistic
Synthesizing
Subjective
Left Brain Characteristics
Here are some of the basic characteristic traits associated with the left brain.
Logical
Sequential
Rational
Analytical
Objective
When it comes to right brain vs left brain these characteristics help in determining the cerebral hemisphere, which plays the dominant role in brain functioning.

Right and Left Brain Differences
There are many differences between the two hemispheres of the brain. The persons nature largely depends on which part of his brain dominates the nervous system. Mentioned below are ten points, each highlighting the difference between right and left brain.
The right brain is intuitive, meaning it is led by feelings, while the left brain is analytical, meaning it is led by logical approach towards problems.
Right brain tends to make lateral connection from the derived information, whereas left brain tends to make logical deductions from the derived information.
The right brain is visual, stressing on music and pattern, while the left brain is verbal, stressing on words, numbers and symbols.
Right brained people struggle with mathematical formulas and words to express themselves, while left brained people are very good at memorizing mathematical formulas and also express them pretty well.
In people with right brain domination, organizational skills are very poor, on the other hand people with left brain domination are highly organized.
People with right brain don't give attention to minute details, but people with left brain tend to focus on each and every minute detail and step taken.
When given a task of assembling a particular thing, right brain people will start working promptly without reading the instructions, while left brained people will carefully go through the instructions and then start working.
When people with right brain communicate, they tend to make many gestures with their hands, contrary to which left brain people hardly use gestures when communicating.
Right brain is designed to listen to 'how' something is being said, while left brain is designed to listen to 'what' is being said.
Although right brained people don't rationalize things they do have the tendency to question the rules, on the other hand left brained people never question rules, instead they readily accept them.
People with dominant right brain have difficulty in prioritizing things which makes them execute things in hurry at the last moment, whereas people with dominant left brain are well versed with planning the future which makes them be prepared well in advance.