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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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“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
“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
“Pythagoras was a combination of Einstein and the Maharishi.”
― Introducing Newton: A Graphic Guide
― Introducing Newton: A Graphic Guide
“It is more blessed to ask forgiveness than permission.”
― The Lightness of Being: Mass, Ether, and the Unification of Forces
― The Lightness of Being: Mass, Ether, and the Unification of Forces
“Nature and Nature's laws lay hid in night:
God said, Let Newton be! and all was light.”
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God said, Let Newton be! and all was light.”
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Ahmed’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Ahmed’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Art, Children's, Classics, History, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Science, and Science fiction
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