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Toddler Dies of Heart Attack After Doctor's Decimal Error Results in 10x Overdose, Lawsuit Claims

A two-year-old boy arrives at the hospital with a virus and low potassium. His family expect monitoring, fluids, and a ...
Smithsonian Magazine

The Decimal Point Is 150 Years Older Than Previously Thought, Medieval Manuscript Reveals

Math historian Glen Van Brummelen came across decimal points in Giovanni Bianchini's manuscript, Tabulae primi mobilis B. Van Brummelen / Historia Mathematica, 2024 For years, historians thought ...
Mental Floss

Decimal Time: How the French Made a 10-Hour Day

This decimal clock was made by Pierre Daniel Destigny in Rouen, France, between 1798 and 1805. | DeFacto, Wikimedia Commons // CC BY-SA 4.0 Everybody knows that there are 24 hours in a day, 60 minutes ...
Statetechmagazine

Dewey Decimal System In The 21st Century Library

Is the Dewey Decimal system dying out in public libraries? The Dewey Decimal Classification system has been used in U.S. libraries since the 1870s when Melvil Dewey developed it and put his name on it ...
The New York Times

How to read decimal odds in sports betting

Knowing what the odds on a bet mean is sports betting 101. Odds are not uniform. There are three main systems of odds. American odds, fractional odds and decimal odds. You can read more about American ...