A funny mistake by ICR and example of poor scholarship

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Originally posted by TrueCreation:
--[Edit 2] - Also, this is pretty simple I would guess but on Pg. 135 of Geodynamics - Second Edition (2002) they multiply 2 x 10⁸ km² by 65 mW m^-2 and get 1.30 x 10¹³ W. But I get the same quantity though with a power of 10. I have the feeling I will feel stupid later but I would like the correction on this point.

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1.3 * 10¹³ is right,You should have:2 * 10⁸ * 10⁶ * 65 * 10^-3 = 1.3 * 10¹³[This message has been edited by joz, 12-23-2002]

Its 10⁶ because its Km² IOW (10³)² = 10⁶.......