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Can mathematical theorems be proved with 100% certainty?
Many a mathematician considers mathematics to be the only truly exact science and would like to believe that the answer to the question in (...)
September 9, 2013 – Jakub Marian – Mathematics
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Are scientific theories objective?
Virtually all physicists praise the scientific method as the best possible approach to discovering the laws of nature because it is (...)
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Do natural numbers exist?
Imagine a life form consisting of jelly in water whose only sensation of the outer world is a continuous scale of pressure. It is not (...)
August 29, 2013 – Jakub Marian – Mathematics
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Are mathematical objects real?
There are two major (and very different) “world views” among mathematicians. Adherents of Plato’s view believe that mathematical objects (...)
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“Fast” / “fastly” / “quickly” in English
Many English learners use the word “fastly” as an adverbial form of “fast”, which seems quite logical because this is the way adverbs are (...)
August 22, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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By the way, have you already seen my brand new web app for non-native speakers of English? It's based on reading texts and learning by having all meanings, pronunciations, grammar forms etc. easily accessible. It looks like this:
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Why AdSense is not a good way to monetize an educational blog
Most bloggers have heard about Google AdSense. AdSense is an advertising network developed by Google. The principle is that Google (...)
August 13, 2013 – Jakub Marian – Blog
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International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) for English: Consonants
This article is an introduction to the symbols of consonants of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) as it is used to denote (...)
August 6, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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Pronunciation of ‘vintage’ in English
Vintage means primarily “the yield of wine from one particular year”, but as an adjective, it started to be used for anything that is (...)
August 5, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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Pronunciation and spelling of ‘threshold’ in English
Popular etymologies of the kind that “threshold” was a plank placed at the doorway to hold pieces of grains inside during threshing (...)
August 4, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) for English: Vowels
This article is an introduction to the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) as it is used to denote pronunciation of English words. Each (...)
August 3, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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