# Numbers in Minutes

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- Authors: [Julia Collins](https://www.bookquiver.com/julia-collins)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2019-11-07

## Description

Why 60 seconds in a minute? Who invented zero? What exactly is pi? Why do mathematicians hunt prime numbers? And how can you get a number bigger than infinity? To find out, take a tour through 200 important, fascinating and unusual numbers - the easy and entertaining way to grasp mathematics. Numbers in Minutes demystifies the maths surrounding the key numbers including: zero, 1-40, negatives, percentages, prime numbers, fractions, decimals, pi, exponentials, imaginary numbers, squares and cubes, roots and powers, Fibonacci numbers, the golden ratio, millions and trillions, a googol, 'perfect,' 'kissing,' 'vampire' and 'weird' numbers, infinity, infinity+1 and other sizes of infinity... Every number is explained in a few short paragraphs with a helpful picture, making the maths simple to understand and remember.

## Editions

### Numbers in Minutes

- Publisher: greenfinch
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-17-8747-730-8
- Published: 2019-11-07
- Language: en_GB

### Numbers in Minutes

- Publisher: greenfinch
- ISBN: 978-17-8747-731-5
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2019-11-07
- Language: en_GB