A bat and a ball cost $1.10 in total. The bat costs $1 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost? Almost everyone feels the temptation to answer “10 cents” because the sum $1.10 so neatly ...

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In 1972, the (future) Nobel Prize–winning physicist Philip Anderson published an article in the journal Science titled “More Is Different.” Dr. Anderson was exploring what happens when a number of ...

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During hard economic times, you would expect consumers to look for bargains and be less concerned with amenities — and companies to respond with low prices and plain products and services So why is ...