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FANTASTIC NUMBERS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM - ANTO...

What are the mysterious numbers that unlock the secrets of the universe?In Fantastic Numbers
and Where to Find Them  leading theoretical physicist and YouTube star Tony Padilla takes us on
an irreverent cosmic tour of the most extraordinary numbers in physics  using them to build a
picture of how the universe works. These include Graham's number  which is so large that if you
thought about it in the wrong way  your head would collapse into a singularity  TREE(3) and the
mathematical games that could carry on until the universe reset itself  and 10^{-120}  which
measures the desperately unlikely balance of energy the universe  and you  need to
exist.Leading us down the rabbit hole to the inner workings of reality  Padilla demonstrates
how these unusual numbers-big  small and worryingly infinite-are the key to unlocking such
mind-bending phenomena as black holes  the holographic truth and the problem of the
cosmological constant  where our two best theories of the universe come together with
embarrassing consequences. Combining cutting-edge science with an entertaining cosmic quest 
Fantastic Numbers and Where to Find Them is an electrifying  head-twisting guide to the most
fundamental truths of the universe.

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