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The weird and wonderful quest for unfathomably large numbersFrom the number of cells in our bodies to the size of the universe, big numbers have more to do with the 'real world' than you might suspect. 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 ...

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The startlingly young genius and his professor delve into the rich and strange world of mathematics

Is anything truly random? Does infinity actually exist? Could we ever see into other dimensions?In this delightful journey of discovery, David Darling and extraordinary child prodigy Agnijo Banerjee draw connections between the cutting edge of modern maths and life as we understand it, delving into the strange ¿ would we like alien music? ¿ and venturing out on quests to consider the existence of free will and the fantastical future of quantum...

The follow-up to the successful book "Weird Maths" looks at how the strangest mathematical phenomena intersects with everyday life, and places the implications of cutting-edge maths in a philosophical context.

A teenage genius and his teacher take listeners on a wild ride to the extremes of mathematics.

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A teenage genius and his teacher take readers on a wild ride to the extremes of mathematics Everyone has stared at the crumpled page of a math assignment and wondered, where on Earth will I ever use this? It turns out, Earth is precisely the place. As teen math prodigy Agnijo Banerjee and his teacher David Darling reveal, complex math surrounds us. If we think long enough about the universe, we're left not with material stuff, but a ghostly an...