Enter a function into cell D2 that describes the increments you want on your graph. For example, if the function tracks periodic population growth in a culture, where "x" represents minutes, and ...

Exponential growth is so difficult to visualize that it is often graphed in a special way, Lipson said. It's called a logarithmic scale, and it's easy to spot: Just look for graphs, like the one ...

Exponential growth shows up in many actual, real-world situations. One of the most famous is Moore's Law from computer technology. Intel cofounder Gordon Moore observed in the 1960s that the ...

That is exponential growth, with a doubling time of one day. From the initial case, the daily infection numbers continue with two, four, eight, 16 and 32. The numbers are small, but not for long.