“Four circles to the kissing come, The smaller are the benter. The bend is just the inverse of The distance from the centre. Though their intrigue left Euclid dumb There's now no need for rule of thumb. Since zero bend's a dead straight line And concave bends have minus sign, The sum of squares of all four bends Is half the square of their sum.”
Quote by Frederick Soddy
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Frederick Soddy
Frederick Soddy was a British chemist renowned for his contributions to the study of radioactive elements. He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1903 for his discovery of isotopes, becoming the first Briton to receive the award. Soddy's research had a profound impact on understanding atomic structure and the processes of radioactive decay. more
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