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Oct 22
2 min

Color Perception - What I Learned About Tetrachromacy

Tetrachromacy is the ability to perceive four basic color types instead of the three colors, red, green, and blue, which are perceived by...

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Michael Curzan

Oct 21
1 min

Poem: "Hidden Ice"

by Michael Curzan Ice reflecting RADAR, unlike normal rock. On so hot a planet, was a quite big shock. Got there from a comet, hides in c...

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RUSH Best and Worst of Moving Pictures and Signals

Michael Curzan

Oct 18
3 min

RUSH Best and Worst of Moving Pictures and Signals

I think it's time for another Rush ranking post. Here are the songs from their albums "Moving Pictures" and "Signals" ranked from worst ...

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Michael Curzan

Oct 18
2 min

Neptune Spin Rate

The icy gas planet Neptune, like all the planets, rotates along its axis. However, calculating the exact rotational speed is very diffic...

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Michael Curzan

Sep 1
3 min

Snake Annoyer

A constellation belongs to the Zodiac if the Sun passes through its place in the sky during the course of the year. There are commonly b...

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Ten RUSH Songs I Would Recommend for Beginners

Michael Curzan

Aug 7
3 min

Ten RUSH Songs I Would Recommend for Beginners

There are over 160 songs by the band Rush. However, many of them are quite complicated songs, and they are not easily accessible or unde...

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Michael Curzan

Jul 10
1 min

We raised over $404,000 together!

It was an honor to be part of the 2020 St. Jude Leadership Society. It was quite unexpected to be fundraising during a global pandemic, b...

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Michael Curzan

Jul 8
3 min

RUSH Worst and Best Part 3

I think it is time for another worst and best list of Rush songs, so here are the next three albums, ranked from worst to best, in my opi...

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The Worst and Best of Caress of Steel and 2112

Michael Curzan

Jul 8
4 min

The Worst and Best of Caress of Steel and 2112

After I ranked the songs on Fly by Night, I decided to rank some more albums. So, here are two more Rush albums, ranked in my personal o...

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Michael Curzan

Jun 8
9 min

Primes and Semi Primes

You may have heard of the Sieve of Eratosthenes, which is a way to find out what all the prime numbers are. A prime number is a number l...

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Michael Curzan

May 30
2 min

Worst to Best of Fly by Night

The Canadian band Rush has produced many hit songs, but there are still some songs that are better than others. Here I will be looking a...

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Michael Curzan

Apr 21
3 min

A Look at Song Lengths.

The Canadian progressive rock band Rush is known for their extra-long multi-part songs. These were common in their early albums from the...

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Michael Curzan

Apr 13
1 min

Studying the German Language

A few months ago, I began learning the German language. Now, I know enough to be able to read and comprehend a very simple children's bo...

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Michael Curzan

Mar 22
10 min

A Story About Encryption...

In March of 2015, beloved author Terry Pratchett, creator of the Discworld series, passed away. It is now just over five years later, an...

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Fermi Calculation of Populations and Housing

Michael Curzan

Mar 5
3 min

Fermi Calculation of Populations and Housing

I believe that by the middle of the century, it could be possible to have a home for every person in the world, as well as every subseque...

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This Leap Year 2020, I am partnering with St. Jude

Michael Curzan

Mar 1
1 min

This Leap Year 2020, I am partnering with St. Jude

Leap Year 2020: Every four years, there is an extra day. This is because the Earth takes around 365 and one quarter days to go around th...

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Michael Curzan

Feb 16
5 min

Playing With Setting

I have been playing around with setting and thought I would share it with you here... My setting is an entire fictional realm, which is r...

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Michael Curzan

Jan 9
1 min

Mathematical Exercises and Proofs

In the second image, we have a sketch of a possible tiling of a rectangle using different sizes of squares. We then calculate how long a...

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Michael Curzan

Oct 23, 2019
1 min

What would you like to see next?

Have you checked out my designs on zazzle? What products would you like to see next? https://www.zazzle.com/store/michaelcurzan/products

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Michael Curzan

Aug 28, 2019
1 min

Euphony and Cacophony Poetry

Volcano by Michael Curzan Beneath the Earth, immense masses of magma move. Bubbling brimstone bursts from the ground. A catastrophic crac...

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