Pelagonia is one of the statistical regions of North Macedonia. It is located in the southwestern part of the country and is known for its rich agricultural land, historical sites, and a mix of cultural influences due to its proximity to neighboring countries. The region is also characterized by its mountainous terrain and has a variety of natural resources. The main city in Pelagonia is Bitola, which is notable for its historical significance and vibrant cultural life.
Goro Nishida is a Japanese term that typically refers to a specific style of painting or art. More specifically, it can be associated with a traditional Japanese style characterized by its use of bold colors and intricate patterns. However, it's important to note that "Goro Nishida" may also refer to a specific individual, but without additional context, it's difficult to identify exactly who or what you may be referring to.
Cuthbert Daniel is a name that might refer to various subjects, depending on the context, such as a historical figure, a fictional character, or even a brand or organization. However, as of my last knowledge update in October 2023, no widely recognized figure or concept under the name "Cuthbert Daniel" stood out significantly in popular culture or historical records.
Geoffrey Shepherd can refer to various individuals, but the most relevant one in a historical or scholarly context is Geoffrey of Monmouth, a 12th-century cleric and historian known for his work "Historia Regum Britanniae," which chronicles the history of Britain and includes the legendary tales of King Arthur.
The HNN extension, named after the mathematicians Graham Higman, B. H. Neumann, and Hanna Neumann, is a construction in group theory that allows the creation of new groups from existing ones. Specifically, an HNN extension is a type of group that is used to generalize the notion of groups with an additional structure, particularly when it comes to accommodating certain types of relations between groups.
Quartz clock by Ciro Santilli 40 Updated 2025-07-16
Video 1.
How a quartz watch works by Steve Mould (2017)
Source. Mentions feedback loop loop with the quartz tuning fork for the piezoelectricity and an amplifier. Also mentions the choice of 32768 Hertz () as the first power of 2 that is outside of the human hearing range, and then how a frequency divider is used to reduce the frequency to get the second counter.
Polarization of light by Ciro Santilli 40 Updated 2025-07-16
This section discusses the pre-photon understanding of the polarization of light. For the photon one see: photon polarization.
People were a bit confused when experiments started to show that light might be polarized. How could a wave that propages through a 3D homgenous material like luminiferous aether have polarization?? Light would presumably be understood to be analogous to a sound wave in 3D medium, which cannot have polarization. This was before Maxwell's equations, in the early 19th century, so there was no way to know.
Bdellium is a gum resin that is obtained from certain trees in the genus Commiphora, which are part of the Burseraceae family. The term "bdellium" is sometimes used to refer to a resin similar to myrrh. Historically, bdellium has been mentioned in ancient texts, including the Bible, where it is described as a valuable substance. The resin has been used for various purposes, including as an ingredient in perfumes, incense, and traditional medicine.
"Seasons" typically refers to the four divisions of the year based on the tilt of the Earth's axis and its orbit around the Sun. These divisionsspring, summer, autumn (or fall), and winter—are characterized by changes in weather, daylight, and ecology. 1. **Spring**: Usually associated with warmer temperatures, blooming flowers, and new growth. It's often seen as a time of renewal and rejuvenation.
A nautical mile is a unit of measurement used primarily in maritime and aviation contexts to measure distances over the Earth's surface. One nautical mile is defined as exactly 1,852 meters (or approximately 1.15078 statute miles). The nautical mile is based on the circumference of the Earth and is equivalent to one minute of latitude.
Once the ball starts rolling, these are people who should be contacted.
Basically anything under educational charitable organization counts.

Pinned article: 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 2.
    You can publish local OurBigBook lightweight markup files to either https://OurBigBook.com or as a static website
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    Figure 3.
    Visual Studio Code extension installation
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    Figure 4.
    Visual Studio Code extension tree navigation
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    Figure 5.
    Web editor
    . 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.
    Video 4.
    OurBigBook Visual Studio Code extension editing and navigation demo
    . Source.
  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
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    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