Saturday, May 06, 2006

Kissing Number

In geometry, the kissing number is the maximum number of spheres that can simultaneously touch a similar sphere without intersecting with each other.This is the demonstration of kissing number in 2 dimensions.

This is the demonstration of kissing number in 3 dimensions.

Sushi in Vancouver

It is not like I enjoy eating sushi, but Vancouver has many great places that offer many more dishes beside their sushi.


Thursday, May 04, 2006

Highest Life Expectancy in the World!

Andorra is a small little European country that has a population around 70,000. It is located in southwestern Europe, between France and Spain and is a prosperous country mainly because of tourism and its status as a tax haven. It is estimated that around 9 million tourists visit this 468 sq km country annually. What actually attracted me to this country was the fact that it has the highest life expectancy in the world!
Here are the countries with the highest life expectancy at birth (years):

1- Andorra 83.50
2- San Marino 81.53
3- Singapore 81.53
4- Japan 81.04
5- Switzerland 80.31
6- Sweden 80.30
7- Australia 80.26
8- Iceland 80.18
9- Canada 79.96
10- Italy 79.54