How Big Are Things? -- Getting and Giving a Clue
Mitchell Charity
Tue Jan 28, 12:30-01:30pm, 4-370
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
How big is a virus? The Prudential Building? A mountain? Jupiter? We will look at a simple framework (www.vendian.org/howbig/) for remembering and dealing with size. Then discuss using it, order of magnitude estimation, and Fermi Questions.
Web: http://www.vendian.org/howbig/
Contact: Mitchell Charity, iap03howbig@vendian.org
Sponsor: Electrical Eng & Computer Science
Latest update: 23-Jan-2003
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