Carry On, Mr. Bowditch

Today 's readers are still in' Nat ',' Nat ', guide of the 18 th century maritime miracle and mathematics. Nathaniel Baldick grew up in a seaman's world, Salim, when a tall ship from a foreign port was crowded with docks. But Nut did not guarantee the seafarer's temperament; he was too small. Nat may be only a few figures, but no one guesses that he is only able to grasp the sustainability and resolve of the voyage when sailing under the conditions of "log, lead and hope" did. Nat's long learning and observation was gathered in his famous work "American Practical Navigator" (also known as "Sailor Bible"). It shocked the sailing community and made him a New England hero.

Think about the story of Nathaniel Balditch through the child 's biography "Inheritance, Mr. Bowditch" first. In his novel he expresses his real life and learns language, mathematics, navigation, etc. from pure learning motivation and popularization of books. This man and his life represents Gutenberg and Luther's efforts to release free thinking. Today, we are working hard to get rid of the printing world that Gutenberg used to release us. Today, our greatest effort is to forget the principle of full production and implementation of book technology. We will unlock our knowledge, release our creativity and try to unlock what we were once doing.

The career of Nathaniel Bowditch, a mathematician after the first revolution in Salem, Massachusetts, also shows the way the United States needs to encourage mathematics. Bowditch of the sailor teaches mathematics by himself. His initial motivation was to understand and improve navigation; one of the consequences was that it was first published in 1802, still modified and reissued in his US utility navigator did. However, the main work of Bowditch is translation and commentary by Mocanique Coleste of Laplac, and the theme of celestial mechanics is that the interest of navigation has led to many themes of mathematicians of the 19th century. Comments are not trivial; Bowditch's well-known statements explain related work.

Have you ever thought about giving up because you think that work is difficult or impossible so far? Let's think about the life of the famous 19th century mathematician and navigator Nathaniel Bordic who is not irritated. When he encountered obstacles in his life, he learned the shipping term "breeze" that refers to the use of paddles to move a ship without using the wind. For Nathaniel Baudich this means that the obstacle is not allowed to prevent him from pursuing his dreams.