The Big Bang of Numbers 1st Edition by Manil Suri ISBN 9781324007036 1324007036

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ISBN 10: 1324007036
ISBN 13: 9781324007036
Author: Manil Suri

An engaging and imaginative tour through the fundamental mathematical concepts—from arithmetic to infinity—that form the building blocks of our universe.

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.

In this new mathematical origin story, mathematician and novelist Manil Suri creates a natural progression of ideas needed to design our world, starting with numbers and continuing through geometry, algebra, and beyond. He reveals the secret lives of real and imaginary numbers, teaches them to play abstract games with real-world applications, discovers unexpected patterns that connect humble lifeforms to enormous galaxies, and explores mathematical underpinnings for randomness and beauty. With evocative examples ranging from multidimensional crochet to the Mona Lisa’s asymmetrical smile, as well as ingenious storytelling that helps illuminate complex concepts like infinity and relativity, The Big Bang of Numbers charts a playful, inventive course to existence. Mathematics, Suri shows, might best be understood not as something we invent to explain Nature, but as the source of all creation, whose directives Nature tries to obey as best she can.

Offering both striking new perspectives for math aficionados and an accessible introduction for anyone daunted by calculation, The Big Bang of Numbers proves that we can all fall in love with math

The Big Bang of Numbers 1st Edition Table of contents:

Day 1: Arithmetic

1. Setting up the Big Bang

2. Games Numbers Play

3. More Games

4. Searching for Their Roots

5. An Irrational Universe

6. Journey Into the Imaginary

Day 2: Geometry

7. The Universe Needs Its Space

8. Settling the Complexes

9. Fun and Games on the Plane

10. Two Questions About the Plane

11. Space or Bust

12. An Alternative Geometry

13. Crocheting Your Universe

14. The Fourth and Higher Dimensions

Day 3: Algebra

15. Outsourcing

16. The Joy Of x

17. The World of Polynomials

18. The y of Things

19. The Algebra of Distance

Day 4: Patterns

20. Patterns and Perfection

21. Nature’s Soft Spot

22. The Golden Ratio

23. Nature’s Relation to Math

24. Math and Beauty

25. Fractals

26. The Why and How of Nature’S Patterns

Day 5: Physics

27. A Universe Run by Laws

28. Time and Space

29. The Curvature of Spacetime

Day 6: Infinity

30. A Finite Universe of Numbers

31. Close Encounters of the Infinite Kind

32. The Matching Game

33. Battle of the Cardinalities

34. A Smile on Georg’s Face

35. The End of Mathematics

Day 7: Emergence

36. Setting Nature Free

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