Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> writes: > Not quite. A mole (abbreviation: mol) is a name for a specific number, > like couple (2) or dozen (12) or gross (144), only much bigger: 6.02e23. > And I can't believe I still remember that value :-)
Avogadro's Number is worth remembering, for mocking the pseudo-science of homeopathy <URL:http://www.1023.org.uk/what-is-homeopathy.php>. By knowing the scale of Avogadro's Limit – the maximum dilution of matter before one can confidently say the solution contains none of the original substance – one can look at the claims of homeopathy and confidently say that it can't contain anything effective. working-to-laugh-alt-med-out-of-the-world-ly yrs, -- \ “I'm having amnesia and déjà vu at the same time. I feel like | `\ I've forgotten this before sometime.” —Steven Wright | _o__) | Ben Finney -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
