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104. The Joy of Math With Sarah Hart

People I (Mostly) Admire

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The Life Quality of Giants

The book uses math to answer questions that kids might intrinsically gravitate towards. One of my favorites is what math has to say about the life quality of giants. So we think of giants as huge, powerful figures with immense strength. But actually, poor old giants would have a really difficult time of it. The reason is the little mathematical rule called the square cube law.

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