Posted on April 22, 2022 (Updated on July 9, 2025)
What did Watney study?
Space & NavigationWatney survives through scientific derring-do, figuring out, for instance, how to grow potatoes with his own human waste. “I’m the greatest botanist on the planet,” he announces to a totally deserted Mars. Let’s leave aside, for the moment, the plausibility of that opening sandstorm. What did Mark Watney study in college? A Chicago native, Watney
Posted on April 22, 2022 (Updated on July 9, 2025)
Is metric more accurate than English?
Space & NavigationMetric is simply a better system of units than imperial The metric system is a consistent and coherent system of units. In other words, it fits together very well and calculations are easy because it is decimal. This is a big advantage for use in the home, education, industry and science. Which is more accurate
Posted on April 22, 2022 (Updated on July 9, 2025)
What is the condensation theory of solar system formation?
Space & NavigationThe condensation theory of the solar system explains why the planets are arranged in a circular, flat orbit around the sun, why they all orbit in the same direction around the sun, and why some planets are made up primarily of rock with relatively thin atmospheres. What is the condensation sequence theory? In planetary science,
Posted on April 22, 2022 (Updated on July 9, 2025)
What are the dimensions of the Milky Way?
Space & NavigationThe Milky Way is about 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 km (about 100,000 light years or about 30 kpc) across. Is the Milky Way 3 dimensional? In our Milky Way, there are about 200 billion suns as well as large quantities of gas, some of which serves as raw material for star births. The gas collects in compact lumps
Posted on April 22, 2022 (Updated on July 9, 2025)
What is the mean value theorem for derivatives?
Space & NavigationThe Mean Value Theorem states that if a function f is continuous on the closed interval [a,b] and differentiable on the open interval (a,b), then there exists a point c in the interval (a,b) such that f'(c) is equal to the function’s average rate of change over [a,b]. What is the Mean Value Theorem used
Posted on April 22, 2022 (Updated on July 9, 2025)
What does this symbol mean n?
Space & NavigationWhat does this symbol mean? The set made by combining the elements of two sets. So the union of sets A and B is the set of elements in A, or B, or both. The symbol is a special “U” like this: ∪ What does this symbol ∼ mean? “∼” is one of many symbols,