“We
instinctively see the circle as a wheel, which is a point going around another
fixed point, but if we stop and try to see it in a completely different way,
then that’s when you come up with this other solution. It’s also charming that
it’s something so simple invented by someone who was so important
scientifically.”
Mathematician Alex
Bellos, author of The Grapes of Math, explaining how to cut a cake and preserve
its freshness for longer
As
the title to the article suggests, that’s what my article is about. If you’ve
made a cake during the World Cup season, possibly in preparation for
Emancipation and Independence Day celebrations on Friday August 1st
2014 and Wednesday August 6th 2014, then this bit of news should be
of interest to you! Or maybe America’s Independence Day on Friday July 4th
2014 is more your thing?
Either
way, this cake-slicing tip will come in handy along with my tips on how to make
glow-in-the-dark Chocolate Syrup and glow-in-the-dark Chocolate Ice Cream as
detailed in my blog
article entitled “How
to make Glow-In-The Dark Ice Cream from Scratch - US$25.95 Zoku Ice Cream Bowl
makes Avatar The Last Airbender Frozen Novelties”.
There
is indeed a more efficient way to slice and eat your cake, mathematically
speaking according to Mathematician Alex Bellos and author of the book The
Grapes of Math as described in the article “A
Scientifically Smarter Way to Cut Cake”, published June 18, 2014 By
STEFANIE TUDER, ABC News and “Math
has spoken: You're cutting a cake all wrong”, published June 18, 2014 1:28
PM PDT by Chris Matyszczyk, CNET News.
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According
to Mathematician Dr. Alex Bellos, fellow British Mathematician Francis Galton,
the discoverer of fingerprints and maker of the first weather map, wanted to
kick the bucket in fine English Style, quote: “[Galton] was the king of
measurement, and he was very English. He loved tea and cake. He’s not a
household name, but so many of the things he invented are things we take for
granted in the modern world. In his old age he sent [scientific journal]
‘Nature’ this letter about the best way to cut a cake, and when I saw that, I
thought, ‘That is absolutely wonderful.’”
His
technique was submitted by him as a research paper to the Journal of Nature a
little over 100 years ago but Dr. Alex Bellos has rediscovered this technique
and thus has brought it to light. Based on this British author, the trick is as
follows:
1.
Slice the cake all the way across the
middle
2.
Cut out a strip and slide out a slice
using a butter knife
3.
Push the remaining cake together
4.
Place a rubber band all the way around
the cake, sealing the cut with frosting
While
you might think this strange, it’s mathematically correct, as this cake-cutting
method was actually based on a recently unearthed mathematics paper that was
submitted by Victorian scientist Francis Galton.
On
examination, it clearly makes sense. At no point is the inner softness of the
cake exposed to the air, thus making it less likely to go bad. The video below
brings that to light!
And
here was I thinking that you just had to sprinkle some White Rum on the cake or
just store it in an airtight container, preferably Vacuum sealed as described
in my blog
article entitled “IndieGogo
funded Vacuvita makes Vacuum Sealing Food Easy - How We Can’t Stop, Miley Cyrus
Style Eating Organic Food as it last longer”.
Here's
hoping you remember this technique for Christmas 2014 as well while you're
opening your Tablet presents as predicted in my blog article
entitled “IDC
and NPD Group record Tablet Decline and Phablet Rise - “White Box” Chinese
Tablets and Wearable Computing in First Quarter of 2014 making Tablets obsolete
in the Year of the Sheep”.
Good
to note here if you have plans to bake cakes, you can use the Glow-in-the-Dark
Chocolate Syrup as described in my blog article
entitled “How
to make Chocolate Syrup that Glows-in-the-Dark, the ultimate Ice Cream Party
Treat” to make Glow-in-the-Dark Chocolate Cake”!
Happy
Emancipation, Independence Day, be it American of Jamaican, when it comes!
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