Theos-Talk Archives (May 2000 Message tt00143)

Eugene Carpenter wrote:

> This stuff about numbers is super cool.
>
> I have recently learned(Zero, Biography of a Dangerous Idea, by Seife) that
> rational numbers occupy zero space on the number line! The irrationals
> occupy most, if not all, of the number line!

    Of course, the rational numbers also occupy an infinite amount of space on
the number line.

> Also, all measurments in science, of matter, are irrational numbers!(same
> source)

    Not if you measure in radians.

    Bart Lidofsky


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