Polar orbit by Wikipedia Bot 0
A polar orbit is a type of orbit in which a satellite passes over the Earth's poles. In this orbit, the satellite travels in a north-south direction, allowing it to observe or image the entire surface of the Earth over time as the planet rotates beneath it. This type of orbit is particularly useful for Earth observation, reconnaissance, and environmental monitoring because it enables satellites to cover every part of the Earth with regular revisits.
Huainanzi by Ciro Santilli 37 Updated +Created
Advanced chess by Wikipedia Bot 0
Advanced chess, often referred to as "centaur chess," is a variant of traditional chess in which human players use chess engines to assist them in making their moves. This combination of human strategic thinking and machine calculation leverages the strengths of both parties, allowing for potentially higher levels of gameplay than either could achieve alone. In advanced chess, players typically take a standard game of chess and consult an engine for move suggestions, often within a certain time limit.
Consensus dynamics refers to the processes and mechanisms by which agents, individuals, or systems reach a common agreement or collective state. This concept is explored across various fields, including social sciences, computer science, and physics, each applying it in different contexts. Here are some key points regarding consensus dynamics: 1. **Social and Political Science**: In sociology and political theory, consensus dynamics studies how groups or societies achieve agreement on issues, policies, or norms.
Sine by Ciro Santilli 37 Updated +Created
Moment (unit) by Wikipedia Bot 0
A moment is a measure of the tendency of a force to rotate an object about an axis or point. In physics and engineering, it is often referred to in terms of "torque." The moment of a force is calculated by multiplying the force applied by the distance from the point of rotation (also known as the moment arm or lever arm) to the line of action of the force.

Pinned article: ourbigbook/introduction-to-the-ourbigbook-project

Welcome to the OurBigBook Project! Our goal is to create the perfect publishing platform for STEM subjects, and get university-level students to write the best free STEM tutorials ever.
Everyone is welcome to create an account and play with the site: ourbigbook.com/go/register. We belive that students themselves can write amazing tutorials, but teachers are welcome too. You can write about anything you want, it doesn't have to be STEM or even educational. Silly test content is very welcome and you won't be penalized in any way. Just keep it legal!
We have two killer features:
  1. topics: topics group articles by different users with the same title, e.g. here is the topic for the "Fundamental Theorem of Calculus" ourbigbook.com/go/topic/fundamental-theorem-of-calculus
    Articles of different users are sorted by upvote within each article page. This feature is a bit like:
    • a Wikipedia where each user can have their own version of each article
    • a Q&A website like Stack Overflow, where multiple people can give their views on a given topic, and the best ones are sorted by upvote. Except you don't need to wait for someone to ask first, and any topic goes, no matter how narrow or broad
    This feature makes it possible for readers to find better explanations of any topic created by other writers. And it allows writers to create an explanation in a place that readers might actually find it.
    Figure 1.
    Screenshot of the "Derivative" topic page
    . View it live at: ourbigbook.com/go/topic/derivative
  2. local editing: you can store all your personal knowledge base content locally in a plaintext markup format that can be edited locally and published either:
    This way you can be sure that even if OurBigBook.com were to go down one day (which we have no plans to do as it is quite cheap to host!), your content will still be perfectly readable as a static site.
    Figure 5. . You can also edit articles on the Web editor without installing anything locally.
    Video 3.
    Edit locally and publish demo
    . Source. This shows editing OurBigBook Markup and publishing it using the Visual Studio Code extension.
  3. https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ourbigbook/ourbigbook-media/master/feature/x/hilbert-space-arrow.png
  4. Infinitely deep tables of contents:
    Figure 6.
    Dynamic article tree with infinitely deep table of contents
    .
    Descendant pages can also show up as toplevel e.g.: ourbigbook.com/cirosantilli/chordate-subclade
All our software is open source and hosted at: github.com/ourbigbook/ourbigbook
Further documentation can be found at: docs.ourbigbook.com
Feel free to reach our to us for any help or suggestions: docs.ourbigbook.com/#contact