SOMETIMES I WANT TO BE A BIRD AND FLY. SOMETIMES I WANT TO BE A FISH AND SWIM. I DON’T KNOW HOW TO FLY OR SWIM. RIGHT NOW? I’M COUNTING AGAIN, AND I’M PICKING UP MY YEARS AND SPLITTING THEM UP WITH MY DISAPPOINTMENTS. I’M STARTING AGAIN TODAY. ANONYMOUS As…

Probability in Creation Sometimes unexpected things happen to us in life. We encounter situations that have almost no place in probability calculations. It’s like when the evil Star Wars character Darth Vader declares to the heroic Luke Skywalker, “I am your father.” The revelation is unexpected, and audiences are surprised. Sometimes, life can…

The Place Where No Mathematics! Have you heard the story of the boy looking for a place where there is no math? I heard it from my father when I was very young. I don’t know if he wrote it for me or read it from somewhere. I haven’t seen…

Have you ever thought about what your world would be like without numbers? Would we be able to build our civilization without numbers? We encounter them everywhere, and we need them to survive. They are not only used to count, measure, and do calculations; numbers rule our lives. We are…

One of my most beautiful childhood memories was stone skipping with my dad. It always seemed mysterious to me when the rocks bounced smoothly on a calm sea on a warm summer day. Skipping stones is a worldwide phenomenon. Eskimos skip rocks on ice and Bedouins on the smooth sand…

Owls are known to be a symbol of wisdom throughout history in ancient Greece, Asia, and America. They are also unquestionably mysterious predators. This mystery derives from the math they seem to be utilized during the hunt: owls can use the parabolic system to spot their prey. This system is…

Have you ever thought about what your world would be like without numbers? Numbers play considerable roles in developing our culture and societies, and we encounter them everywhere. We need numbers for a living. We do not use them only to count, measure, and do calculations, but numbers also rule…

All numbers are favorite numbers, but some of them are more favorable than others. Researchers asked thirty thousand participants the same question: “What is your lucky number?” in the survey. When the thirty most preferred numbers are enlisted, the number 42 comes in the eleventh place. What are the unique…

All numbers are favorite numbers, but some of them are more favorable than others.* Researchers asked thirty thousand participants the same question: “What is your lucky number?” in the survey. So, everyone has a chance to see that their lucky number is how much popular. As I discussed in my…