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Book SynopsisThe 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.’
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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!’
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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 MathsTable of ContentsIntroduction
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
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