Today is the second day of my visit to Taiwan! Today, we visited many of the more famous landmarks in Taipei. Some of them include the Hsinchu Science and Industrial Park, the NARLabs - department of National space organization, Taipei 101, and the last item of today, the Shida night market.
The most memorable visit was to the national space organization. There, I learned a lot about the topic 'space'. Topics such as how satellites are constructed and tested to allow smooth flight into space, what they are used for, and 'space junk' were broached. Through this experience, I had to think about a subject I have never touched in my life, thus allowing me to learn more about this subject, and also, learn how mathematics and physics such as 'gravity' is shown in real life situations. How big a satellite should be, and it's orbit is all precisely calculated using mathematics. Though this, I learned that mathematics is indeed a useful tool in real life.
A very well known landmark of Taiwan, Taipei 101, is surprisingly also constructed using mathematics and physics. In Taipei 101, a damper is used to reduce the impact of natural disasters on the tall tower. The tip of the tower is also edged, to reduce the strength of the wind at high altitudes.
Today has been a very interesting and fulfilling day. Looking forward to the following days.
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