Notes
Preface
xi cost of information technology and amount wasted: “Worldwide, companies waste as much as 20% of the $2.7 trillion spent annually on tech.” Jim Hopkins and Michelle Kessler, “Companies Squander Billions on Tech,” USA Today, May 20, 2002, www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20020520/4124243s.htm.
xipublic interest in science: National Science Board, “Science and Engineering Indicators 2002,” www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/seind02; “Stories of the Century: The Nation Votes,” USA WEEKEND and Newseum, 1999, www.newseum.org/century/finalresults.htm.
Introduction: Leveling the Exponential Curve
1 exponential increase in grains of rice: there are roughly 12,000 grains of rice (weighing 6.75 ounces) in a cup of rice. The rest is an exercise to the ...
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