The Biggest Number In The World Av David Darling, Agnijo Banerjee

<B>The weird and wonderful quest for unfathomably large numbers</B><BR><BR><B>From cells in our bodies to measuring the universe, big numbers are everywhere</B><BR> <BR>We all know that numbers go on forever, that you could spend your life counting and never reach the end of the line, so there can’t be such a thing as a ‘biggest number’. Or can there?<BR> <BR>To find out, David Darling and Agnijo Banerjee embark on an epic quest, revealing the answers to questions like: are there more grains of sand on Earth or stars in the universe? Is there enough paper on Earth to write out the digits of a googolplex? And what is a googolplex?<BR> <BR>Then things get serious.<BR> <BR>Enter the strange realm between the finite and the infinite, and float through a universe where the rules we cling to no longer apply. Encounter the highest number computable and infinite kinds of infinity. At every turn, a cast of wild and wonderful characters threatens the status quo with their ideas, and each time the numbers get larger.