Where is this from? Who is this guy?

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Agree 100%.

As a mere watch enthusiast, I notice there is lots of math in watches too.

I want to buy a book on the origins of time.

Any ideas?

Like why is the day 24 hours?

why 365 days?

What is the equation of time that some fancy watches display?

If you want to take the "math is everywhere" idea even further, I'd recommend this book by Max Tegmark from MIT. His thesis is that reality itself is a mathematical structure. It's thought provoking, though not a quick read.

 
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In a math class, of course, you'll not want to confuse "more than you could watch in a lifetime" with "infinite".
Hahaha

love it
 
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If you want to take the "math is everywhere" idea even further, I'd recommend this book by Max Tegmark from MIT. His thesis is that reality itself is a mathematical structure. It's thought provoking, though not a quick read.

I am more looking for a book about time.

Since I got into watches about 2 years ago, I have wondered the origins of our 24hr day, 365 days for a year (which I read somewhere, that the year isn’t exactly 365 days)

Stuff like that
 
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Haha

I might just point out that my friends tracked it down, I found out it is inappropriate, and he must remove it.

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I think a high school student would be very amused that the teacher went to the trouble to find out the source of the image and attempts to embarrass him into changing it are likely to backfire spectacularly. It's entirely possible the student just copied the face from someone else's avatar and has never seen the full context, setting up the scenario where the student can say he was led to the pornographic image by the teacher, which will certainly end badly.
This student is being a smart-ass. Using an avatar like that is begging to be called out. It's akin to using a head shot (pardon the pun) of Marilyn Chambers as his avatar and acting coy when someone asks -who is the blond lady?
That said, he may be a connoisseur of fine Japanese illustration and graphic novels.
I can think of many other likely possibilities. People tend not to know the provenance of the memes that catch their eye for whatever reason. I wonder how many people know the origin of the Pepe doodle that's been adopted as a symbol by Nazi sympathizers in the States.

I have less than no interest in manga and don't want to learn more, but I do know that Japanese mores about sex/violence in pop culture differ considerably from those of the West, and additionally it's easy for Westerners to mistakenly think "adult" stuff is meant for children. (I still have trouble with adults in the West being unabashedly entertained by superhero comics and movies, and know that daring to say so online invites incredible wounded fury from fans of this genre.)

Anyway, tl;dr—The steps needed to confirm whether the image is really pornographic will lead a situation that will take the spotlight off the student and put it, disastrously, on the teacher. No good outcomes, not worth it. The OP should drop it.
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I am more looking for a book about time.

Since I got into watches about 2 years ago, I have wondered the origins of our 24hr day, 365 days for a year (which I read somewhere, that the year isn’t exactly 365 days)

Stuff like that

Here is some info I found on this topic.

The 365 days per year was probably from direct observation.
Every day was the rotation of the Earth and counting the number of days until the Star Constellations looked the same would be 365 (or 366) days.

The 12 months was an artificial decision because the number of 13 was considered an unlucky number. The observation of the Moon would result in a 28 day "month". But 13 of those lunar months would come close to 365 days (13 * 28 = 364). But no one wanted 13 months so they made it 12 months with 28, 30 or 31 days in each month.

The 24 hours per day came from ancient Egyptians.
They divided the daylight into 12 segments using a crude sun dial.
And then they applied another 12 segments to the night hours.

The 60 minutes per hour and 69 seconds per minute is explained in this write up about the Babylonians.

The division of the hour into 60 minutes and of the minute into 60 seconds comes from the Babylonians who used a sexagesimal (counting in 60s) system for mathematics and astronomy. They derived their number system from the Sumerians who were using it as early as 3500 BC. The use of 12 subdivisions for day and night, with 60 for hours and minutes, turns out to be much more useful than (say) 10 and 100 if you want to avoid having to use complicated notations for parts of a day. Twelve is divisible by two, three, four, six and 12 itself - whereas 10 has only three divisers - whole numbers that divide it a whole number of times. Sixty has 12 divisers and because 60 = 5 x 12 it combines the advantages of both 10 and 12. In fact both 12 and 60 share the property that they have more divisers than any number smaller than themselves. This doesn't, of course, explain how this system spread throughout the world.

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Wow.

Yeah that stuff is lovely when you’re into it, and a foreign language when you’re not.

I applaud him and admit that THAT is beyond me.

Might you be buying him a watch for graduation??!

My oldest son, the pHd candidate, no matter how hard I tried, is not interested in watches. Yet, the one who hates math and loves history, well, actually, they both love history as the oldest son double majored in history and mathematics in undergrad... my youngest loves watches and has a couple of vintage Seiko watches and wears my father's Ulysse Nardin Marine Diver.
 
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I think a high school student would be very amused that the teacher went to the trouble to find out the source of the image and attempts to embarrass him into changing it are likely to backfire spectacularly. It's entirely possible the student just copied the face from someone else's avatar and has never seen the full context, setting up the scenario where the student can say he was led to the pornographic image by the teacher, which will certainly end badly.

I can think of many other likely possibilities. People tend not to know the provenance of the memes that catch their eye for whatever reason. I wonder how many people know the origin of the Pepe doodle that's been adopted as a symbol by Nazi sympathizers in the States.

I have less than no interest in manga and don't want to learn more, but I do know that Japanese mores about sex/violence in pop culture differ considerably from those of the West, and additionally it's easy for Westerners to mistakenly think "adult" stuff is meant for children. (I still have trouble with adults in the West being unabashedly entertained by superhero comics and movies, and know that daring to say so online invites incredible wounded fury from fans of this genre.)

Anyway, tl;dr—The steps needed to confirm whether the image is really pornographic will lead a situation that will take the spotlight off the student and put it, disastrously, on the teacher. No good outcomes, not worth it. The OP should drop it.
You know what?

You bring up a very good point. Maybe I’ll just drop it.
 
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Here is some info I found on this topic.

The 365 days per year was probably from direct observation.
Every day was the rotation of the Earth and counting the number of days until the Star Constellations looked the same would be 365 (or 366) days.

The 12 months was an artificial decision because the number of 13 was considered an unlucky number. The observation of the Moon would result in a 28 day "month". But 13 of those lunar months would come close to 365 days (13 * 28 = 364). But no one wanted 13 months so they made it 12 months with 28, 30 or 31 days in each month.

The 24 hours per day came from ancient Egyptians.
They divided the daylight into 12 segments using a crude sun dial.
And then they applied another 12 segments to the night hours.

The 60 minutes per hour and 69 seconds per minute is explained in this write up about the Babylonians.

The division of the hour into 60 minutes and of the minute into 60 seconds comes from the Babylonians who used a sexagesimal (counting in 60s) system for mathematics and astronomy. They derived their number system from the Sumerians who were using it as early as 3500 BC. The use of 12 subdivisions for day and night, with 60 for hours and minutes, turns out to be much more useful than (say) 10 and 100 if you want to avoid having to use complicated notations for parts of a day. Twelve is divisible by two, three, four, six and 12 itself - whereas 10 has only three divisers - whole numbers that divide it a whole number of times. Sixty has 12 divisers and because 60 = 5 x 12 it combines the advantages of both 10 and 12. In fact both 12 and 60 share the property that they have more divisers than any number smaller than themselves. This doesn't, of course, explain how this system spread throughout the world.

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Gosh that’s what I’ve been wondering.

Thanks for a complete answer!
 
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Probably just a coincidence that the average heart beat takes aprox one second and the healthy adult pulse rate at rest averages 60 beats per minute.
I've read that the most primitive numerical system is base three. One finger up means one, two fingers up means two, three fingers up means "Many". years ago a primitive tribe was found to still use this system in hand signals while hunting, probably the origin of counting objects and conveying such information .
 
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I asked someone young who then posted the question on social media and got an answer.
Come now Jw, you dug into your stack of Asian porn and there it was right under the complete collection of "Big Uns" that you got at the Bundy's yard sale.
 
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Come now Jw, you dug into your stack of Asian porn and there it was right under the complete collection of "Big Uns" that you got at the Bundy's yard sale.
Asian porn on this site is Seiko, Big Uns is Breitling.
 
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If you want to take the "math is everywhere" idea even further, I'd recommend this book by Max Tegmark from MIT. His thesis is that reality itself is a mathematical structure. It's thought provoking, though not a quick read.


Good book but did not understand the last part at all. My son is an aspiring physicist and recommended it. We met Tegmark at a book signing and they chatted physics for a bit.
 
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It's in the trees; it's in the turbulence of the water; it's in the atmosphere... it's everywhere in nature.

those interested in math is everywhere- have a look at this trailer for an episode of NOVA.

 
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Math is everywhere no doubt, but reality existed long before math. Math is a way of understanding what already exists.

Math has been there since the start - only our understanding of it is recent.
 
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Math has been there since the start - only our understanding of it is recent.
While this statement does not add up, I will admit it is integral to the discussion and it helps differentiate where math may be present. When you factor in some of the other posts the evidence backing math being everywhere seems to multiply. But I sincerely hope this thread does not divide OF members, as battling over little things seems to be a sine of the times. Hopefully cheese and cats will provide a nice tangent.
 
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While this statement does not add up, I will admit it is integral to the discussion and it helps differentiate where math may be present. When you factor in some of the other posts the evidence backing math being everywhere seems to multiply. But I sincerely hope this thread does not divide OF members, as battling over little things seems to be a sine of the times. Hopefully cheese and cats will provide a nice tangent.
 
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While this statement does not add up, I will admit it is integral to the discussion and it helps differentiate where math may be present. When you factor in some of the other posts the evidence backing math being everywhere seems to multiply. But I sincerely hope this thread does not divide OF members, as battling over little things seems to be a sine of the times. Hopefully cheese and cats will provide a nice tangent.

We see what you did there...
 
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Math is everywhere no doubt, but reality existed long before math. Math is a way of understanding what already exists.

That's a whole 'nother can o' worms there...