Big Numbers by Edward Packard

Big Numbers

Edward Packard

32 pages first pub 2000 (view editions)

nonfiction mathematics funny informative lighthearted medium-paced
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A very lively but informative treatment of the concept of big numbers, expressed in quantities of peas. The book begins with a single pea on a plate and progresses from 1 to 10 to 100 to 1000 all the way to a quadrillion (which form a small mounta...

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