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find the one (mander.xyz)

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[-] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 35 points 2 years ago

The Man, the Myth, the Mole

[-] Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com 35 points 2 years ago

Is that Avogadro's constant?

[-] Bumblefumble@lemm.ee 29 points 2 years ago

Yes, it's the avocado man himself in the picture.

[-] perishthethought@lemm.ee 25 points 2 years ago

I wish I had an avocado.

[-] crazyCat@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Can someone help a pleb like me know the guy and the number reference? Edit: thanks guys!, I’ll study him :-)

[-] witty_username@feddit.nl 28 points 2 years ago

It's Avogadro's constant. The number of carbon atoms in 12 grams of carbon.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avogadro_constant

[-] acetanilide@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Wait. They redefined it in 2019 but I thought that "new" way was what I did in school 🤔

[-] marcos@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

They changed the definition, the value is the same (within the error of the best available measurement of the time).

[-] DontRedditMyLemmy@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Isn't it the number of atoms of ANY element for it's element in number of grams?

[-] sirprize@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago

Look up Avogadro

[-] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 15 points 2 years ago

You kids these days with your Avogadro toast...

[-] No_Change_Just_Money@feddit.de 8 points 2 years ago

Holy Mole-y

[-] bingbong@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 years ago

Look up en passant

[-] marcos@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

And that's how you capture a thread.

[-] OhmsLawn@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Three Twentysix explains it brilliantly

https://youtu.be/SRiNc1AA8vg?si=F81tl_hCI16MWlvv

[-] Zink@programming.dev 7 points 2 years ago

I love this image, and this was one of my favorite numbers in science too. Sometimes I think it’s more difficult to imagine how insanely small the atomic scale is than how insanely large the cosmic scale is.

[-] errer@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Either people didn’t know how to draw back then, or Avogado was monstrously ugly…

[-] VelvetStorm@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

This style of drawing wasn't about making someone look pretty or ugly it was about making an accurate portrait, so he likely looked very similar.

[-] ilikecoffee@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

He looks like a mole..

[-] someacnt_@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Maybe I look like him.. 😥

[-] indepndnt@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I googled "was Avogadro ugly" and found this picture posted on r/funny ten years ago. But also quite a few people seem to agree that he was indeed quite ugly.