Newton’s Universal Law of Gravitation
Widely known as the man who discovered gravity, 18th-century scientist Sir Isaac Newton additionally made…
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The Logarithm and its Identities
In the days before computers, mathematical computations were long and tedious. Mathematicians experimented with shortcuts…
The Pythagorean Theorem
Over 2000 years ago, the Greek mathematician Pythagoras developed a number of advancements in mathematical…
The Golden Ratio
1.6180339887… Episode #3 of the course “Most important numbers in the world” In ancient…
Archimedes’ Constant
3.14159265359… Episode #1 of the course “Most important numbers in the world” For centuries,…
Euler’s Number
2.71828182846… Episode #2 of the course “Most important numbers in the world” While computing…
Planck’s Constant
6.62606957(29) × 10-34 joule seconds Episode #4 of the course “Most important numbers in the…
Avogadro’s Constant
6.02214129(27) × 1023 mol-1 Episode #5 of the course “Most important numbers in the…
The Speed of Light
299,792,458 meters per second Episode #6 of the course “Most important numbers in the…
Gravitational Constant
6.67384(80) × 10-11 m3 kg-1 s-2 Episode #7 of the course “Most important numbers…