Why 60 seconds in a minute? Who invented zero? What exactly is pi?
Why do mathematicians hunt prime numbers? And how can you get a
number bigger than infinity? To find out, take a tour through 200
important, fascinating and unusual numbers - the easy and
entertaining way to grasp mathematics. Numbers in Minutes
demystifies the maths surrounding the key numbers including: zero,
1-40, negatives, percentages, prime numbers, fractions, decimals,
pi, exponentials, imaginary numbers, squares and cubes, roots and
powers, Fibonacci numbers, the golden ratio, millions and
trillions, a googol, 'perfect,' 'kissing,' 'vampire' and 'weird'
numbers, infinity, infinity+1 and other sizes of infinity... Every
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