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But it’s not the length of a curve that we’re interested in at the moment.
Sean M. Carroll • The Biggest Ideas in the Universe: Space, Time, and Motion
be more spread out—fewer lines will pass through any fixed area of the sphere.
Sean M. Carroll • The Biggest Ideas in the Universe: Space, Time, and Motion
He computed exactly what the inclination of the chutes must be (he called it a coefficient of reversion) in order for intergenerational balance to be preserved,
Stephen M. Stigler • The Seven Pillars of Statistical Wisdom
9.3.2 Logarithmic Complexity
John Guttag • Introduction to Computation and Programming Using Python, second edition: With Application to Understanding Data
Formulas are simple. That’s a feature, but also a bug. Life is complicated.
Russell D. Roberts • Wild Problems: A Guide to the Decisions That Define Us
This paradox of comprehension was articulated explicitly by a great physicist of an earlier age: “Sir Isaac Newton, when asked what he thought of the infatuations of the people, answered that he could calculate the motions of erratic bodies, but not the madness of a multitude” (quoted from The Church of England Quarterly Review, 1850).