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The weird and wonderful quest for unfathomably large numbers



Trade Review

‘A wonderful new book… if you love journeying into imagined mathematical worlds and simply exploring, then [this book] is pure, unadulterated escapism… brilliant.’

-- New Scientist

‘We are taken on an amazing adventure… [with] witty humour and fascinating facts… a comprehensive read that I would struggle to find fault in and for anyone with a passion for maths, or a knack for numbers, I couldn’t recommend it enough!’

-- Astronomy Ireland

‘The brilliant combination of an accomplished science writer and a young mathematical prodigy has resulted in page after page that oozes enthusiasm, clarity and intrigue.’

-- Bobby Seagull, on Weirder Maths

Table of Contents

Introduction

1 Of Sand and Stars

2 At the Limits of Reality

3 Maths Unbound

4 Up, Up and Away

5 G Whizz

6 Conway’s Chains

7 Ackermann and the Power of Recursion

8 Figure This – If You Can

9 Infinite Matters

10 Growing Fast

11 Does Not Compute!

12 The Strange World of the Googologist

13 Bridge to Beyond

14 The Biggest Number of All

Acknowledgements

Bibliography

Useful websites and webpages

References

The Biggest Number in the World

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      Publisher Oneworld Publications
      Published 5 May 2022
      ISBN-13 9780861543052
      978-0861543052
      ISBN-10 086154305X
      Also in:
      Mathematics History of mathematics Philosophy of mathematics Science & Nature Popular science

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The weird and wonderful quest for unfathomably large numbers



      Trade Review

      ‘A wonderful new book… if you love journeying into imagined mathematical worlds and simply exploring, then [this book] is pure, unadulterated escapism… brilliant.’

      -- New Scientist

      ‘We are taken on an amazing adventure… [with] witty humour and fascinating facts… a comprehensive read that I would struggle to find fault in and for anyone with a passion for maths, or a knack for numbers, I couldn’t recommend it enough!’

      -- Astronomy Ireland

      ‘The brilliant combination of an accomplished science writer and a young mathematical prodigy has resulted in page after page that oozes enthusiasm, clarity and intrigue.’

      -- Bobby Seagull, on Weirder Maths

      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      1 Of Sand and Stars

      2 At the Limits of Reality

      3 Maths Unbound

      4 Up, Up and Away

      5 G Whizz

      6 Conway’s Chains

      7 Ackermann and the Power of Recursion

      8 Figure This – If You Can

      9 Infinite Matters

      10 Growing Fast

      11 Does Not Compute!

      12 The Strange World of the Googologist

      13 Bridge to Beyond

      14 The Biggest Number of All

      Acknowledgements

      Bibliography

      Useful websites and webpages

      References

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