Comments on: Welcome to Your Viral World http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2010/03/24/welcome-to-your-viral-world/ Mon, 04 Feb 2013 17:13:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: iayork http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2010/03/24/welcome-to-your-viral-world/#comment-13823 iayork Wed, 24 Mar 2010 21:00:35 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=2595#comment-13823 I've been using that Suttle quote ( “The estimated 10^30 viruses in the ocean, if stretched end to end, would span farther than the nearest 60 galaxies.”) in my classes for the past 3 years, and each new year I've recalculated because I can't believe there isn't a missed decimal point or two. And each year I discover that incredible though it is, it's still correct, as far as I can tell. I'll probably end up recalculating it again next year, though. I’ve been using that Suttle quote ( “The estimated 10^30 viruses in the ocean, if stretched end to end, would span farther than the nearest 60 galaxies.”) in my classes for the past 3 years, and each new year I’ve recalculated because I can’t believe there isn’t a missed decimal point or two. And each year I discover that incredible though it is, it’s still correct, as far as I can tell.

I’ll probably end up recalculating it again next year, though.

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