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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…

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The Pythagorean Theorem

Over 2000 years ago, the Greek mathematician Pythagoras developed a number of advancements in mathematical…

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The Golden Ratio

1.6180339887…   Episode #3 of the course “Most important numbers in the world” In ancient…

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Archimedes’ Constant

3.14159265359…   Episode #1 of the course “Most important numbers in the world” For centuries,…

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Euler’s Number

2.71828182846…   Episode #2 of the course “Most important numbers in the world” While computing…

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Planck’s Constant

6.62606957(29) × 10-34 joule seconds   Episode #4 of the course “Most important numbers in the…

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Avogadro’s Constant

6.02214129(27) × 1023 mol-1   Episode #5 of the course “Most important numbers in the…

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The Speed of Light

299,792,458 meters per second   Episode #6 of the course “Most important numbers in the…

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Gravitational Constant

6.67384(80) × 10-11 m3 kg-1 s-2   Episode #7 of the course “Most important numbers…