This is not a novel,
also not a travelogue. It was just a reference book about Maths. Wait
a second, Maths? Why should I read something like that? Truthfully, I
love to read something that depicts weird and wacky facts like this.
This book is actually on of the Murderous Maths series which I bought
at the Big Bad Wolf Book Sale. Although the genre of the book seemed
to be monotonous, they succeed to attract people using the attractive
style of writing and figures and also the strange facts that they
present in a funny way.
One of the topics that
attracted me most is about the perfect number. Perfect number is a
number which when their factors are added up, the sum is equal to the
number itself. I doubt that you understand it. Let me take an
example. 6 is a perfect number because when the factors (1,2 and 3 –
6 is not included) are added, it will give 6 as a result (1+2+3=6).
Many people thought that the perfect number is used in our life, such
as 28 (1+2+4+7+14+28=28) is the amount of days taken by the moon to
revolve around the Earth. However, what about the bigger perfect
number like 496 and 8128? In the book, they are mentioned as
perfectly useless number as they just find it out for no reason.
This fact reminded me
that there is nobody in the world that is perfect. If all of us are
perfect, others will be useless. Just look around and see people with
us. The chef cannot cook if there are no farmers or fishermen to
provide them with raw food. The students cannot learn without
teachers and books written by the authors. The workers cannot live
without their leader and so on. We are all depending on one another.
The differences between us should not be the reason to be separated,
we should be thankful and use it to recognize them. Therefore,
everyone will appreciate one another and the world will become peace.
Nevertheless, not all
Maths facts that are useless. The golden ratio, also known as phi
(ɸ), is one of the eminent ratio
especially used by the artists to create amazing arts. It is actually
an irrational number, which have a never ending value, which is
1.6180339887498948482045... This ratio is found to be in most natural
creatures such as in the flowers, the nautilus shells of molluscs and
many more. This ratio had also applied in the ancient arts such as
Parthenon and the drawing of Mona Lisa. Even our body follows the
golden ratio such as the ratio between our different fingers.
Although the number is so irrational, but it is really useful for us.
Same
goes with us. We might think that our ideas are irrational, but just
try to realize it by using appropriate ways. Maybe it can be an
immense idea in the future that could benefit us. I watched a video
comparing a child and a man. A child think that nothing is impossible
to be done although it will harm him or her. On the other hand, an
adult sometimes feels that most of his or her ambition cannot be
true. Somehow, a person with the same idea that work it out receives
an award for the idea. Thus, never afraid to imagine anything, as
long as we will work for it.
Referring
to the title 'The Key to The Universe', numbers can be used
throughout the world and even in other galaxies. It is not same as
History, Science and Geography that only apply on certain parts of
the world. However, that does not mean that the other subjects are
useless. They are important to us to deeply recognize ourselves.
Therefore, gain knowledge as much as you can and share them to be a
useful person!
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