#!/usr/bin/env python
# coding: utf-8

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# # MARTIAN MATH IS SCIENCE FICTION
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# [MM @ Reed](http://www.4dsolutions.net/satacad/martianmath/toc.html) (Earlier Edition)
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# This was a class held at Reed College in 2018.  I, Kirby Urner, was the instructor.  I had an assistant, Jude, starting on the 2nd day.  We did a combination of computer-based and hands on activities.  I created a relaxed atmosphere.  Some students booted games or explored related topics.  The main activities were:
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# * enhancing [Juptyer Notebooks](https://jupyter4edu.github.io/jupyter-edu-book/) or starting new ones from scratch
# * cutting out A-modules from templates and folding them up
# * assembling C6XTY "soccer balls" (this turned into a time test contest)
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# Martian Math is an introduction to some mathematics against the backdrop of science fiction stories.  I go over some of the history of science fiction involving Mars, including by visiting a website associated with a previous version of this class.  We also talk about current research and explorations involving Mars.
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# Is there life on Mars?
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# Lets think about what might happen if:
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# *  Humans go to Mars
# *  Humans detect intelligent ETs (anywhere)
# *  Humans discover life on Mars (might be microbial)
# *  Martians come here (cite: [Orson Wells and the Panic Radio Show](http://www.scpr.org/programs/offramp/2013/10/09/33880/waroftheworlds/))
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# <a data-flickr-embed="true"  href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/kirbyurner/43008419181/in/album-72157695209731812/" title="ET 208 @ Reed College"><img src="https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1810/43008419181_f3dd1a4c1f.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="ET 208 @ Reed College"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

# ### SYMBOLS
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# Astronomers inherit symbols for the planets from Astrologers.
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# By 2018, Pluto had been demoted from planethood, mainly because the solar system consists of myriad "celestial" bodies bigger than Pluto.
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# ![symbols](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/Bezeichnung_der_Himmelsk%C3%B6rper_Encke_1850.png)
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# ![symbol](./images/mars_symbol.jpg)
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# ### PLANET
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# ![mars](./images/mars.jpg)
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# ### MARS IS SMALLER THAN EARTH
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# ![Comparison](./images/Earth_Mars_Comparison.jpg)

# In[2]:


planets = ("Mercury", "Moon", "Venus", "Earth", "Mars", "Jupiter", "Saturn", "Uranus", "Neptune", "Pluto")
for planet in planets:
    print(planet)


# ### SPEAKING OF PLANETS...
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# This is a Jupyter Notebook (note spelling).  In Martian Math, we'll be learning how to create them and change them.
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# Here's a link to [a Markdown Cheatsheet](https://github.com/adam-p/markdown-here/wiki/Markdown-Cheatsheet).
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# ### More Resources
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# Where can I find some pictures?
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# * [Class Flickr Album](https://flic.kr/s/aHsmi8go79)
# * [Martian Math Storyboard](https://flic.kr/s/aHsjrM3Fho)
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# Where do I get the toys and kits?
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# * [Magnetic MITEs][6]
# * [Martian Base Parts (Lux)][7]
# * [C6XTY][8]
# * [ZomeTool][9]
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# Where might I get the software?
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# * [vZome][10]
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# Where can I learn more Python?
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# * [Python5 Github site](http://github.com/4dsolutions/Python5)
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# Where can I learn more about Martian Math?
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# * [Digital Math Curriculum][1]
# * [The Concept of Dimension in Synergetics][2]
# * [K. Urner Youtube playlist][3]
# * [Synergetics on Wikipedia][4]
# * [Quadray Coordinates on Wikipedia][5]
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# [1]: http://wikieducator.org/Martian_Math
# [2]: https://goo.gl/zoVYF1
# [3]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vk-cpknOz9E&list=PLeBIlkJm4xglicSifacG4eewD9CQaWvU0
# [4]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synergetics_(Fuller)
# [5]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadray_coordinates "Quadrays on Wikipedia"
# [6]: https://www.amazon.com/Popular-Playthings-Mag-Blocks-48-piece-Play/dp/B000OZV550
# [7]: https://www.luxblox.com/
# [8]: http://c6xty.com/
# [9]: http://zometool.com/
# [10]: http://vzome.com/home/index/