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Stirling Approximation

Posted on 2019/07/25 by Carl Robitaille

Scottish mathematician James Stirling devised his formula for approximation factorials n! in 1730. The Stirling Approximation only uses mathematical constants including e and π. pic.twitter.com/W2W315DIno
— Fermat's Library (@fermatslibrary) July 25, 2019

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The Bacteria That Made Life Possible Are Now Killing Us

Posted on 2019/07/24 by Carl Robitaille

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How Volcanoes Froze the Earth (Twice)

Posted on 2019/07/23 by Carl Robitaille

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Soviet Moon Dust

Posted on 2019/07/23 by Carl Robitaille

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YouTube started as an online dating site

Posted on 2019/07/22 by Carl Robitaille

TIL @YouTube started as an online dating site. The idea was for single people to make videos introducing themselves & saying what they were looking for. After 5 days no one had uploaded a single video, so they renamed as video sharing site &rest is history https://t.co/42MTLcUYKT
— nixCraft 🐧 (@nixcraft) July 22, 2019