From: Petter Reinholdtsen Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2016 05:49:54 +0000 (+0200) Subject: Correct typo. X-Git-Url: https://pere.pagekite.me/gitweb/text-relativity-of-wrong-asimov.git/commitdiff_plain/f3c49abe4e95cd80bc69d797584a90a1b09e17dc?ds=sidebyside;hp=d9d69747e6867848cf8b8e1d0d350f36514f9026 Correct typo. --- diff --git a/The_Relativity_of_Wrong.txt b/The_Relativity_of_Wrong.txt index 4f4dc9e..7330dbe 100644 --- a/The_Relativity_of_Wrong.txt +++ b/The_Relativity_of_Wrong.txt @@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ kilometers (7,900 miles). The difference between the longest and shortest diameters is 44 kilometers (27 miles), and that means that the "oblateness" of the earth (its departure from true sphericity) is 44/12755, or -0.0034. This amounts to l/3 of 1 percent. +0.0034. This amounts to 1/3 of 1 percent. To put it another way, on a flat surface, curvature is 0 per mile everywhere. On the earth's spherical surface, curvature is 0.000126