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Sanjoy Mahajan

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Spring 2008

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Approximating Logarithms Using Musical Intervals

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Back-of-the-envelope Numbers

Bending of Light

Bon Voyage!

Box Models and Conservation

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Buckingham Pi Theorem

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Cycling, Swimming, Flying

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Sanjoy Mahajan

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