Think numbers are hunks o' junk? Think about it, and you'll realize that you just called something that can be interesting, cool, and even kinda fun crud. Did you know that division by 0 is impossible because you end up with a conclusion that shows that 1 is equal to 2-which is impossible? Or that you can use the number 1,089 to read people's minds? Or that a doughnut is topologically equivalent to a mug? Believe it or not, it's truer than true, and I'm no liar. This book shows you Möbius strip magic, the math in the paintbrush, and how mind-bustingly huge, Huge, HUGE, a Googolplex is.
All I can say is that it was just a blast with a Googolplex of reasons!
This person put something to astonish anyone that had to do with math in the pages of this book to make them want to keep reading it.
It showed some of the same stuff as The Great Number Rumble, but way more other stuff (there's no 1,089 revealing the mind in the Great Number Rumble.)
Ian,
ReplyDeleteWhat an excellent reviewer you are! This book sounds fantastic, numbers are phenomenal and you really perk my interest. In fact, I think you should send this review to Reading Rainbow-this book review belongs on that show!
Denise