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[01/16/2002] Why might empirical scientific data be transformed
to logarithmic data and presented on a logarithmic scale?
Logarithms [12/2/1995] What is a logarithm?  Logarithms: History
and Use [7/12/1996]  Logarithms' Relation to Exponents
[09/29/2001] I understand what logs are, and their relation to
Euler's constant, but I don't understand why they are what they
are.  Logarithms with Unknown Bases [12/12/2001] Provided only
that, in some bases, log 2 = 0.607