A mind-expanding trip to infinity and back.
'Big Numbers' is a brilliant and imaginative book for 10 to 12 year olds which paints a fascinating picture of the comparative scale of phenomena in our world, from the vast to the infinitesimal. The reader is taken on a roller-coaster ride through maths, physics, chemistry, biology and technology:
- from zero to infinity in maths and time
- from subatomic particles to galaxies
- from the speed and size of the Big Bang to the size and age of the universe
- from the speed of light to the power of gravity
- from the size of a White Dwarf to that of a Black Hole
- from a strand of DNA to the evolution of life on Earth
- from the Hubble telescope to nanotechnology . . .
Combining words and pictures Big Numbers will fire the imagination of any bright youngster.
