Mary Holden
Editor and writer.
The Miracle In Four Syllables
Littlewood’s Law of MiraclesDid British mathematician John Littlewood (1885-1977) appreciate that his name involved four syllables? This is the man who calculated that an average human experiences approximately one miracle every 35 days. For him, ‘miracle’ meant an event of special significance with a one in a million chance of happening. Here are the numbers he crunched with his brain: Human = alert for 8 hours per day Event = regular ones happen at a rate of 1 per second Miracle = a 1 in a million surprise event…Mary Holden2 min read