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2 unusual facts about Benford


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Benford's law, which holds that in large sets of data, individual numbers are more likely to start with lower digits

Gregory Benford, American science fiction author and astrophysicist


Gregory Benford

According to Benford, this lens would diffuse the light from the Sun and reduce the solar energy reaching the Earth by approximately 0.5% to 1%.

Working in collaboration with, among others, science fiction writers Cramer, Forward, and Landis, Benford worked on a theoretical study of the physics of wormholes, which pointed out that wormholes, if formed in the early universe, could still exist in the present day if they were wrapped in a negative-mass cosmic string.

Mike Brenner

The disc featured the talents of Attraction's drummer Pete Thomas, singer/guitarist Johnny Irion, Jenny Benford and many more.

No More Good Days

Olivia Benford (Sonya Walger) scrubs up at the hospital before surgery; Bryce Varley (Zachary Knighton) prepares to commit suicide by shooting himself at the beach; Aaron Stark (Brían F. O'Byrne) and Mark attend an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting; Nicole Kirby (Peyton List) sneaks a boy into the Benford's house as she babysits their daughter Charlie (Lennon Wynn).

Within the show's logo in this episode is a friendship bracelet in the hand of Charlie Benford when she gives it to her father, Mark.

Results of the Iranian presidential election, 2009

Walter R. Mebane, Jr., performs a 2nd-digit Benford test on the ballot-box/polling station-level data.

RevoLOUtion: The Transformation of Lou Benedetti

Directed, co-written by and starring Bret Carr, the film also features Burt Young, Starla Benford, Ernest Mingione, Suzanne Didonna, Jon Jacobs and Kumar Pallana.

Sonya Walger

Sonya Walger (born 6 June 1974) is an English actress known for her roles in the ABC series Lost as Penelope "Penny" Widmore, and as Olivia Benford on ABC's FlashForward.

Walger was later cast in a starring role as Olivia Benford, a surgeon and wife of FBI agent Mark Benford (Joseph Fiennes) on FlashForward, which was cancelled on 13 May 2010.


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