Working Fermi estimation problems on a long drive with @Awbery. There are 10^6 eggs in a truckload… Seems like a lot!
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@Awbery@Meaningness@St_Rev This got awfully complicated while I was veging out in front of the TV :-)1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness@Awbery@St_Rev So what are the average dimensions of an egg?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Jayarava@Awbery@St_Rev Um, and my unstated implication was that eggs are obviously smaller than (5cm)^3. So pkging dominates volume.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness@Jayarava@Awbery 5 cm^3 = 125 cc, eggs are ~1/2-1/3 that according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_egg_sizes … Denser than water tho1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@St_Rev@Jayarava@Awbery Another is: it’s a good thing eggs aren’t cubical, because then they’d weigh too much to ship by truck.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness@Jayarava@Awbery it's a good thing eggs aren't cubical because a) they'd be much more fragile b) the poor chickens1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
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@Awbery@St_Rev@Jayarava Just came across this nice story about why we do Fermi problems: http://vserver1.cscs.lsa.umich.edu/~crshalizi/reviews/fragile-objects/problem.html … via http://vserver1.cscs.lsa.umich.edu/~crshalizi/weblog/925.html …0 replies 0 retweets 1 likeThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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