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'Los Angeles Times' quotes math professor

By David Gonnerman '90
February 1, 2010

A recent Los Angeles Times opinion piece about mistakes journalists have made with large numbers ("But who's counting?") quotes Lynn Steen, St. Olaf professor emeritus of mathematics. "Generally people do not have sufficient experience with large numbers to have any intuitive sense of their size," he told the paper.

Contact David Gonnerman at 507-786-3315 or gonnermd@stolaf.edu.