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The Big Bang of Numbers: How to Build the Universe Using Only Math

by Manil Suri

★ PEN / E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award

Our universe has multiple origin stories, from religious creation myths to the Big Bang of scientists. But if we leave those behind and start from nothing—no matter, no cosmos, not even empty space—could we create a universe using only math? Irreverent, richly illustrated, and boundlessly creative, The Big Bang of Numbers invites us to try.

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publication date: Sep 20, 2022
Format: Print edition
Pages: 432
ISBN: 9781324007036

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Mathematics: Applied Mathematics: Essays (Math)Mathematics: Geometry – General Mathematics: History & Philosophy (Mathematics)

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