How many holes are there in a drinking straw?
More or Less: Behind the Stats
Tim Harford talks to Jordan Ellenberg, professor of mathematics at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, about the pandemic, geometry and drinking straws.
(multi-coloured straws/Getty images)
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