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How a Single Math Error Caused a $500 Million Satellite to Crash

How a Single Math Error Caused a $500 Million Satellite to Crash

To learn more about Brilliant, go to http://Brilliant.org/reallifelore/ and sign up for free. The first 200 people to use that link will also ...

How One "FATAL" Math Error Made In 1941 Doomed The Japanese Empire

How One "FATAL" Math Error Made In 1941 Doomed The Japanese Empire

Discover the untold story of how strategic miscalculations about oil supply determined the outcome of the Pacific War before it ...

Math's Fundamental Flaw

Math's Fundamental Flaw

Not everything that is true can be proven. This discovery transformed infinity, changed the course of a world war and led to the ...

NASA Once Lost a $193M Spacecraft Due to a Simple Math Mistake

NASA Once Lost a $193M Spacecraft Due to a Simple Math Mistake

In 1999, a metric conversion oversight resulted in NASA losing a Mars Orbiter. Guess even rocket scientists make

What was the first (known) maths mistake?

What was the first (known) maths mistake?

Thanks to Waterstones for choosing Humble Pi as a 'top 100' paperback of the year.

How One "FATAL" Math Error (Made in 1941) Doomed the Japanese Empire

How One "FATAL" Math Error (Made in 1941) Doomed the Japanese Empire

On December 7th, 1941, Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor was a masterpiece of precision. It was also based on a catastrophic lie.

How One Woman Exposed the Math Error That Sent Thousands of Bombs Off Target

How One Woman Exposed the Math Error That Sent Thousands of Bombs Off Target

During World War Two, thousands of bombs missed their targets, and pilots were blamed again and again. This ww2 stories ...

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The 1,200 Year Maths Mistake

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The SAT Question Everyone Got Wrong

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But what are Hamming codes? The origin of error correction

But what are Hamming codes? The origin of error correction

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The Oldest Unsolved Problem in Math

The Oldest Unsolved Problem in Math

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