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How To Solve Any Problem Using Enrico Fermi’s Back-Of-The-Envelope Math (And Some Common Sense)

In 1945, as the first atomic bomb exploded in the New Mexico desert, Enrico Fermi stood miles away, holding a few scraps of ...
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How the Ancient Maya Predicted Eclipses Centuries in Advance

The researchers’ reconstruction shows that by mixing four resets at 358 months (the inex cycle) for every one at 223, the ...
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First Shape Found That Can’t Pass Through Itself

To see how one cube can pass through another, imagine holding a cube over a table and examining its shadow (assuming it’s ...