SNOWFALLS AND ELEPHANTS, POP BOTTLES AND π

You must have noticed that we've had some remarkably extreme weather lately. The snowfall in Chicago in the winter of 1977- 78, for example, set a record for the years since 1871 (as far back as data exist). The '78- '79 snowfall surpassed even that! Some of us who live near Chicago w...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Mathematics teacher 1981-01, Vol.74 (1), p.49-55
1. Verfasser: BOAS, RALPH P.
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Zusammenfassung:You must have noticed that we've had some remarkably extreme weather lately. The snowfall in Chicago in the winter of 1977- 78, for example, set a record for the years since 1871 (as far back as data exist). The '78- '79 snowfall surpassed even that! Some of us who live near Chicago were surprised. Should we have been? Nobody, after aU, is greatly surprised at a new rec- ord for the mile run.
ISSN:0025-5769
2330-0582
DOI:10.5951/MT.74.1.0049