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Galton's millions
Author(s) -
Bottone Michele
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
significance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1740-9713
pISSN - 1740-9705
DOI - 10.1111/j.1740-9713.2011.00516.x
Subject(s) - ingenuity , galton's problem , patience , bit (key) , genealogy , computer science , history , psychology , philosophy , epistemology , computer security , social psychology , machine learning
How much is a million? How can we make sense of a number that big? Francis Galton tried to measure a million in flowers. There are other ways. In homage to the great man, Michele Bottone argues that a million is all around us, and all that is required to visualise it is a bit of ingenuity, patience and imagination.