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A4 Paper Is Too Perfect

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A4 Paper Is Too Perfect

CGP Grey explains the elegant ratio of A4 and the metric paper sizes, then zooms out across scales from the Planck length to the observable universe.

Loved for its zoom-out tour of physical scales and recommended alongside other paper-size and scale-of-the-universe discussions.

5 Hacker News mentions · 2024–2026

Topics

  • Recreational & visual math
  • Physics & space (other)

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