Physicist Richard Feynman noted that astronomical numbers tend to be small (the galaxy is “only” 100,000 light-years across, a few galaxies are few million light-years away) the national budget and debt is in the trillions, so he thought large numbers should be called “economical” instead.
Physicist Richard Feynman noted that astronomical numbers tend to be small (the galaxy is “only” 100,000 light-years across, a few galaxies are few million light-years away) the national budget and debt is in the trillions, so he thought large numbers should be called “economical” instead.