A little Flash application provides a compelling example of Benford’s Law, making it possible to see intuitively something that is otherwise quite abstract. (if you don’t have Flash yet, you can download it here)

William Fawcett, who made the Flash app, says: “A couple of years ago I attended an excellent lecture by Simon Singh - he writes popular science and maths books like Fermat’s Last Theorem and Big Bang - and this was one of the mathematical curiosities he mentioned. I was intrigued but sceptical, so built a quick Flash app to test it.”

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