Hexagons inscribed within circles have the mystic property that their three pairs of opposite sides (when extended) intersect on same line. This surprisingly simple result seems to support Platonic notion elegant mathematical relationships exist in some perfect realm awaiting human discovery. To contrary, this article introduces a transformational proof provides for intuitive understanding whil...

miracles recounted in sufi’s books during different historical periods have been traced by narrative, rhetoricaland semantic developments due to various reasons; so that in early periods they have had simple interpretations and fairly believable contents. but with the passage of time and in line with political and social changes, the simplicity of these miracles has changed to exaggeration. thi...

Any study of standards is complicated by the existence of numerous meanings of the term, which are often used virtually interchangeably. A few of these uses are most relevant to this book. It appears that the term fi rst came into general use in English at the Battle of the Standard in 1138. According to a contemporary observer, Richard of Hexham ([1138] 1988, 67), in this battle between the En...