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  Hilbert’s Third Problem (A Story of Threes) Holy mathematics, Batman! Math at MIT, and why we need calculus to define volume.

  

  added to both of them to create two equidecomposable supershapes. In ... then Bricard proved again in 1896) that two mirror-image polyhedra are equidecomposable by cutting them up into congruent mirror-image pieces that can then

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 24, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Computers and their Programs Anecdotes and advice about owning a laptop at MIT

  

  .com, so you use the right words in your essays and Facebook posts. I like to ... hunt. Fitocracy. Like Facebook, but for workouts. WolframAlpha. An ... images and cotties. But things could have been ugly.

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 15, 2012
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  Favorite Classes at MIT! survey says...

  

  based on around 100 responses. In addition, I tried to rank the top 5 ... for the Actor (1) 2021 6.115: Microcomputer Project Laboratory (2 ... .091: Introduction to Solid State Chemistry (2) 5.12: Organic Chemistry I (2) 6

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 7, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Halloween is the best day of the year. Yes, I recognize that it is now closer to Thanksgiving than to Halloween. Sorry.

  

  creativity and ridiculousness emerge in pumpkin form. Reason 5 of 1 bajillion ... you an e-mail, or (more commonly) write on your Facebook wall, and the ... girl, since I kind of gave that away) wins. 5: At the pumpkin drop, a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 15, 2011
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  There and Back It's like a reunion tour, kind of.

  

  also got Facebook accounts for the first time. OK, enough about pre-2007 ... , the image many of my teachers created of MIT was one where the scenes ... week, and I still celebrate 5/12 as my own private National Organic

  • by Bryan
  • August 13, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  HOW TO FORGE A DRAGON SWORD and other skills picked up in 3.096

  

  element of ironwork to iterate 5 times in an exploratory project. I decided to make 5 bottle openers, since I already had a few from last semester ... . [carousel image1="84093" image2="84021" /] lengthen the blade the

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 7, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The joys of web development or: how i learned to stop worrying and love the web

  

  . [carousel image1="70801" image2="70802" image3="70803" image4="70804" image5 ... is the instant, visual feedback for what you're doing. I loved adding ... producing a black-and-white version, before adding color, shadows, and other

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 9, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  dormspam-the-game (Part 3) parting remarks from no-longer-anonymous gamemasters

  

  ="57366" image4="57367" image5="57363" /] After Playtest #1, we tried to schedule ... had a 2.5’ x 3.5’ whiteboard that served as a message board—something to ... at 11:59PM on April 5 (Friday). FAQ: What is this? Next Forum Games

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • October 6, 2020
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  An MIT Underwear Exposé (and Sorting Hat) The coolest data you never wanted to have.

  

  ’ Theorem, which I think, based on my 5.59 years of experience, is the very ... purple. Finally, we can calculate the denominator, Pr(purple), by adding up ... .11%)(10.49%) + (5.41%)(2.84%) + (18.18%)(9.70%) = 5.64% We can therefore say, if you

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 11, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Avatar and Desserts Exploring Food Art

  

  mostly on lines. The picture below is an image I found a few years ago that ... weekend before Thanksgiving break, I spent a lot of time reverse image ... challenge. That Sunday, I went shopping for hours at 5 different places to get

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • December 10, 2020
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  halloween down the infinite

  

  ="105180" image5="105152" /] After lecture, I had 30 minutes before my [annotation ... 2="105169" image3="105178" image4="105157" image5="105150" image6 ... ="105170" image2="105176" image3="105165" image4="105158" image5="105168" /] The

  • by Janet G. '27
  • November 1, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The MIT Major Arcana a collaborative art project

  

  't have tight specifications for each card either. I constrained the size ... her hang from a tree XIII: Death / 5: Chemistry Death is about ... traditional form to a circular format, attempting to conjure the image of the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 19, 2023
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  Hardk0re: The Twinned Rise of East Campus and the Hacking Ethos (Guest Entry by Danny Ben-David ’15) How’d that get on the roof?!

  

  readers that rot and conflagration are not a concern added by leaving the ... interrupted one night last week when a gas attack of nearly the size and ... Performs Engineering Feat On Second Visit” (March 5, 1926) “I Am Thy Father

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 28, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  The Great Wifi Outage of 2007 Burton-Conner's wifi went out two days ago; Evan will tell you more by the end…

  

  longer Facebook in lieu of working. Then the 133 suite made a Claymation ... to know your teachers - class sizes generally fall around 30, and there ... . I friend mine on Facebook.). So the professor doesn't have to know you

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Axes of Confusion ????

  

  in our smaller sized humanities classes, we'll be able to know everyone ... demand): from MIT Memes Facebook page After our most recent and vastly ... , so we scored this a 5. ~~~ Writing this blog and making these graphs

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 21, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An actual day in the lab Hectic is my middle name.

  

  't transfect yet, I calculate the amount of each DNA which will be added to my ... little bite-sized pellets of DNA which my cells will want to eat up. 30 min ... ) and add my DNA mix to each well. 5 hours, 37 deg C. 11:10 AM. I go back

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 7, 2006
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  I Was Sitting Where You’re Sitting Quick! Click here. :D

  

  hall. Upstairs, Burton 5 is actualizing models from The World Record ... outlined in blue frosting. Burton 5 sits on couches and windowsills, leaning ... , and a game with giant cards circled around torso-sized inflatable

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 12, 2015
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  Choosing Your Own Adventure and other things you can do when you live off campus

  

  properties, especially the ones that actually decent. But, you get the added ... 't too far of a trek. I cook around 3-5 times a week, depending on how ... ="given, it's within 1.5 hrs and the weather is alright

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 8, 2019
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  Classes I Won’t Be Able to Take also "What Is Pre-Registration?"

  

  time I actually register, but the classes I've added are 20 ... mentally equipped for about 4.5 classes a semester so I've been sticking to ... badass than a forge"]3.095: Introduction to Metalsmithing[/annotation] 3.985/5

  • by Abby H. '20
  • July 23, 2019
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  MIT Academics (you know, the REAL reason why you're coming to MIT )

  

  to size up your competitors. As long as you steer carefully, Pass ... just received notification of your 5th Week Flag in 7.012. You still ... ://web.mit.edu/arc/learning/resources/tutoring.html • Study review sessions prior to all 3.091, 5.111, 8.01, 18.01, 18.02, and

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 7, 2011