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Bezoar of Harry Potter fame
This post is part of the A to Z Challenge. My theme for the month is A to Z of words in English with an Arabic origin Along with Harry, Hermione and Ron, every Harry Potter fan too would have learnt about the “Bezoar” in the first year Potion’s class. Did you know the word ‘Bezoar’ had an Arabic connection to it? We should learn the concept of coexistence from languages – Every language is influenced by other languages across borders, culture and centuries. Did the Harry Potter books inspire you to get into the habit of reading as a teenager/young adult?
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The wor(l)d of Algebra
This post is part of the A to Z Challenge. My theme for the month is A to Z of words in English with an Arabic origin As a high schooler, what was your reaction on seeing (a+b)2 = a2+b2+2ab ? Algebra… some people love it, others detest it and yet others wonder about the connection between x, y and the real world. Let us look in to the origin of this word which denotes a fascinating branch of mathematics. What was your high school math experience like? Number freak or x, y hater? (The first post in the A to Z Challenge. Excited )
