[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Radiolab: What is the most average size thing
Peter Albin
palbin24 at yahoo.com
Sat Dec 28 18:04:45 PST 2024
Listen to the first half of this Radiolab podcast (~30 min) to answer
the question:
"First, after graduating from high school, without a clear plan for what
to do next, Laura Andrews started asking herself a lot of questions. A
spiral of big philosophical thoughts that led her to sit down and write
to us with a question that was… oddly mathematical. What is the most
average size thing, if you take into account everything in the universe.
So, along with mathematician Steven Strogatz, we decided to see if we
could sit down and, in a friendly throwdown of guesstimates and quick
calculations, rough out an answer. "
http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/average-show/
If you are curious, the second segment ( specific moment in history when
the world tried to find the "average" human body) is also interesting,
though, less scientific!
Peter
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