EBK UNDERSTANDING OUR UNIVERSE (THIRD E
EBK UNDERSTANDING OUR UNIVERSE (THIRD E
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Author: Blumenthal
Publisher: VST
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Chapter 18, Problem 38QAP
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The doubling time, and the time before there were four times as many humans on Earth.

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