It was like trying to square a circle. That is, it was impossible.

这就好比要把圆的变成方的。也就是说，是不可能的。

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Looking from a distance like a gigantic arch, it is a continuous loop, a kind of square doughnut.

从远处看像一座巨大的拱门，它是一个连续的环，像一种方形面包圈。

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The square brackets here, meanwhile, say this is a special type of variable that's got multiple values inside of it.

这里的这个方括号，同时，说明这个是特殊的变量类型，里面有很多复合的值。

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First of all, it's clear from the Pythagoras' theorem that a is the square root of ^2 + ^2.

首先,根据毕达哥拉斯定理,勾股定理在西方被称为"毕达哥拉斯定理"

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All right, this is actually a very old piece of imperative knowledge for computing square roots, it's attributed to Heron of Alexandria, although I believe that the Babylonians are suspected of knowing it beforehand.

好，这是一个很古老的,关于计算平方根的程序性知识，是亚历山大的海伦提出的，不过我怀疑在那之前,巴比伦人就已经猜想过了。

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And if we go ahead and square that, then what we get is a probability density, and specifically it's the probability of finding an electron in a certain small defined volume away from the nucleus.

我们得到的是，一个概率密度，它是，在核子周围，某个很小的,特定区域,找到电子的概率,所以它是概率密度。

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Comfort, warmth and shelter are just as abundant in a 20 x 20 foot room as it is in a 15, 000 square foot mansion.

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People magazine devoted a special issue to it, and a billboard is set for Times Square.

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The spectacle that is Times Square makes it a unique advertising destination.

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