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How to think like a mathematician

The Infinite Monkey Cage

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What if Jupiter Was the Size of a House?

"What if the atmosphere of the solar system, rather than being made of what it was, was made of soup?" "That is a lot of mass in one place," he says. The gravity would be so strong that not even light would be able to escape. It's kind of an interesting thing to... Are you careful? Is it a little bit... I mean, there's one... You've got to deal with the soup thing, right? But the soup, you were asked by someone, what if the atmosphere ...  I hope this is right, the atmosphere ofthe solar system, instead of being made ofwhat it was,was made of soup"? And are they

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