Saturday, February 05, 2005

Mathematical Readership

Stephen Hawking's editor advised him that every equation he put in A Brief History of Time would reduce his readership by half. (Hawking decided to sacrifice half his audience by putting in "E=mc^2.")

If that relationship holds up, then it follows that no one in the world ever reads anything with more than 32 equations in it. Seems about right.

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