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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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“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
“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
“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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“Pythagoras was a combination of Einstein and the Maharishi.”
― Introducing Newton: A Graphic Guide
― Introducing Newton: A Graphic Guide
“EPICURUS WROTE, “Empty is that philosopher’s argument by which no human suffering is therapeutically treated. For just as there is no use in a medical art that does not cast out the sicknesses of bodies, so too there is no use in philosophy, unless it casts out the suffering of the soul.”
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