Most people underestimate exponential growth, including when it comes to the spread of the coronavirus. The ability to grasp the magnitude of exponential growth depends on the way in which it is ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The Universe is out there, waiting for you to discover it. In the case of the coronavirus COVID-19, exponential growth will occur ...

It’s time for us all to understand the Exponential Function. One of the hallmarks of COVID-19 is its exponential nature, with numbers of infected currently doubling about every 4 days in the US. This ...

What’s the greatest shortcoming of the human race? I’m sure we all have some suggestions, but according to physicist Albert Bartlett, it is “our inability to understand the exponential function.” ...

For the last couple of years, coronavirus has been teaching a master class on exponential growth: from January 2020, when 100 cases in China led the WHO to call a public health emergency, to today, ...

The global consumption of oil and copper has doubled in the last 24 and 19 years, respectively. This rapid acceleration of human consumption can be seen across plenty of resources, a trend that ...