Wednesday, 25 July 2007

The 2,718,281,828 steps for Absolute Knowledge...

... at least we know how many there are!

Some of you may have recognized it as the first 10 algarisms of e !
That transcendantal number has more than meets the eye....check it's fascinating history in The Number e

This post was inspired by a New Scientist article named e:the mystery number . (the full article is for subscriber only) The abstract gives a nice preview of its contents. and a web search can provide with more fundamental tidbits of information about the "magic properties" of e

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