EAN: 9780861543052

THE BIGGEST NUMBER IN THE WORLD - DAVID DARLING...

The weird and wonderful quest for unfathomably large numbers From cells in our bodies to
measuring the universe  big numbers are everywhere We all know that numbers go on forever  that
you could spend your life counting and never reach the end of the line  so there can't be such
a thing as a 'biggest number'. Or can there? To find out  David Darling and Agnijo Banerjee
embark on an epic quest  revealing the answers to questions like: are there more grains of sand
on Earth or stars in the universe? Is there enough paper on Earth to write out the digits of a
googolplex? And what is a googolplex? Then things get serious. Enter the strange realm between
the finite and the infinite  and float through a universe where the rules we cling to no longer
apply. Encounter the highest number computable and infinite kinds of infinity. At every turn  a
cast of wild and wonderful characters threatens the status quo with their ideas  and each time
the numbers get larger.

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