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Richard Evan Schwartz, Brown University, Providence, RI
Publication: AMS Non-Series Monographs
Publication Year:
2014; Volume 84
ISBNs: 978-1-4704-1425-2 (print); 978-1-4704-1545-7 (online)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/mbk/084
A superb, beautifully illustrated book for kids — and those of us still children at heart — that takes you up (and up, and up, and up, and up, and ...) through the counting numbers, illustrating the power of the different notations mathematicians have invented to talk about VERY BIG NUMBERS. Many of us use words to try to describe the beauty and the power of mathematics. Schwartz does it with captivating, full-color drawings.
—Keith Devlin, NPR Math Guy and author of The Math Instinct and The Math Gene
This book talks about really big numbers in terms of everyday things, such as the number of basketballs needed to cover New York City. Read this book and satisfy your thirst for truly huge numbers. Travel part of the way to infinity!
Readership
Appropriate for ages 6 and up, their parents and teachers, and anyone curious about Big Numbers.