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Zeno's paradox |
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Zeno's paradox [′zē·nōz ′par·ə‚däks] (mathematics) An erroneous group of paradoxes dealing with motion; the most famous one concerns two objects, one chasing the other which has a given head start, where the chasing one moves faster yet seemingly never catches the other. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Like Zeno's paradox gone amok or the child's rhyming riddle "Pete and Repeat" caught in nauseating repetition, his sculptures can become unnerving. Essays of no more than three pages succinctly provide historical background, as well as descriptive text, about ideas ranging from atomic theory to Zeno's paradox, More mundane, yet still provocative, topics are included, such as how airplanes fly and how polarized sunglasses work. |
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