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The Truth about Orders of Magnitude (100th video)

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November 7, 2016

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A lot of people treat order-of-magnitude estimates like regular rounding. If you do that, then you're doing it wrong. Let's set the record straight. Also, this is the 100th video on this channel! WOOO!!!

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Etymology:

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2. Nikola Tesla

3. Emmy Noether

4. Albert Einstein

5. Oliver Heaviside

6. Henrietta Leavitt

7. Émilie du Châtelet

8. Enrico Fermi

9. Lise Meitner

10. Hertha Ayrton

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