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The physicist Enrico Fermi was known for his ability to estimate things quickly and produce order-of-magnitude guesses with only minimal calculation. Hence, a problem where the goal is to simply obtain the nearest power-of-10 estimate is
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“Owen. He coined the term Dinosauria in 1841. It means 'terrible lizard' and was a curiously inapt name.”
― A Short History of Nearly Everything
― A Short History of Nearly Everything
“But we should search for the strange and surprising in the world, not within ourselves! To search within, to think so long and hard about our own selves, would only make us unhappy”
― The White Castle
― The White Castle
“But I believe that there is no philosophical highroad in science, with epistemological signposts. No, we are in a jungle and find our way by trial and error, building our road behind us as we proceed. We do not find signposts at crossroads, but our own scouts erect them, to help the rest.”
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“Pythagoras was a combination of Einstein and the Maharishi.”
― Introducing Newton: A Graphic Guide
― Introducing Newton: A Graphic Guide
“My advice to those who wish to learn the art of scientific prophecy is not to rely on abstract reason, but to decipher the secret language of Nature from Nature's documents, the facts of experience.”
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Ahmed’s 2025 Year in Books
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