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[–] Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com 35 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Is that Avogadro's constant?

[–] Bumblefumble@lemm.ee 29 points 6 months ago

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

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 35 points 6 months ago

The Man, the Myth, the Mole

[–] perishthethought@lemm.ee 25 points 6 months ago

I wish I had an avocado.

[–] crazyCat@sh.itjust.works 11 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

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 6 months ago (2 children)

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 6 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months 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 6 months ago

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

[–] sirprize@lemm.ee 8 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Look up Avogadro

[–] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 15 points 6 months ago

You kids these days with your Avogadro toast...

[–] No_Change_Just_Money@feddit.de 9 points 6 months ago

Holy Mole-y

[–] bingbong@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Look up en passant

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

And that's how you capture a thread.

[–] OhmsLawn@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Three Twentysix explains it brilliantly

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

[–] Zink@programming.dev 7 points 6 months 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 6 months ago (4 children)

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

[–] VelvetStorm@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months 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 6 months ago

He looks like a mole..

[–] someacnt_@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Maybe I look like him.. 😥

[–] indepndnt@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months 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.

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

AvogadBRO

[–] mumblerfish@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Hey, that number is off by 2.14076 * 10^21