I think the fact that e^i*PI +1 = 0 surprises almost everyone when they first hear of it. I was surprised to learn that infinity times infinity is just the same old infinity but 2 to the power of infinity yields a larger infinity, and I was surprised to learn that there is a proof that some things are true but a proof that they are true will never be found because it does not exist.
Probability gave me a lot of surprises, in grade school I was surprised to learn that in a group of just 23 people the chance that two of them have the same birthday is 50% and with 57 people it's 99%; and it took me an embarrassingly long time to understand the Monty Hall puzzle, the idea that if you change your guess when Monty gives you the opportunity your chance of winning the car behind the door increases from 1 chance in 3 to 2 chances in 3. John K Clark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
