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How Big is a Billion?

ByBen Brubaker December 27, 2020February 3, 2025

A billion is a thousand million? Why wasn’t I informed of this?

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Measuring in Reflection is a blog about how physicists make sense of the world (and occasionally other things). You can read more about me here, and more about the premise of the blog  here.

The cover photo for this blog, which quite literally shows a measurement apparatus in reflection, was taken by Mike Bailey. You can find more of his cool photography here.

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