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One Giant Doubling

September 18, 2018From the book Math with Bad Drawings

Neil Armstrong's first step on the moon, as a graph: one small step, and the number of worlds humans have walked on doubles from 1 to 2.

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[Graph: Celestial Bodies That Humans Have Walked On vs. Steps by Neil Armstrong; the count jumps from 1 to 2 near step 294] "That's one small step for man, one giant doubling for the number of planetary bodies that man has stepped on."

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Calculus › Continuity › Jump DiscontinuitiesStatistics › Data Displays
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Neil Armstrong