February 2006
Beginner to intermediate
352 pages
9h 23m
English
Content preview from Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art
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Surface temperature of the Sun | 10,000°F/6,000°C |
Latitude of Shanghai | 31 degrees North |
Area of the Asian continent | 17,139,000 square miles 44,390,000 square kilometers |
The year of Alexander the Great’s birth | 356 BC |
Total value of U.S. currency in circulation in 2004 | $719.9 billion[*] |
Total volume of the Great Lakes | 5,500 cubic miles 23,000 cubic kilometers 8 x 10^14 cubic feet 2.3 x 10^13 cubic meters 6 x 10^15 U.S. gallons 2.3 x 10^16 liters |
Worldwide box office receipts for the movie Titanic | $1.835 billion[*] |
Total length of the coastline of the Pacific Ocean | 84,300 miles 135,663 kilometers |
Number of book titles published in the U.S. since 1776 | 22 million |
Heaviest blue whale ever recorded ... |
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