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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Jack Tessman Tufts University Medford, Mass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 3, 1978 | 4/3/1978 | See Source »

Ewing should meet Jack Tessman, a physics professor at Massachusetts' Tufts University. To win a local television contest, the latter calculated the number of snowflakes that fell on Boston during February's monster storm. He multiplied the average snowfall depth (27 in.) by the area of Boston (43 sq. mi.), then divided the result by the volume of the average snowflake (1/10,000 cu. in.). Answer: 50 quadrillion (5 X 10 16) snowflakes. His prize: a Tessman family portrait-in snow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Numbers Game | 3/13/1978 | See Source »

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