Radians (and why they are better than degrees)

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The brilliant @dragon_dodo has written a cartoon to explain - as if explanation were needed - of why radians are the correct way to measure angles.

Radians - by Dominika Vasilkova

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Dominika (@dragon_dodo on twitter) is a physics student by day, and a recreational mathematician by night. She is often found setting things on fire (by accident!) or scaring off other students with overexcited ramblings about Fourier analysis.

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