Barnes & NobleThe Big Bang of Numbers - How to Build The Universe Using Only Math by Manil Suri

An engaging and imaginative tour through the fundamental mathematical concepts and #8212, from arithmetic to infinity and #8212, 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 and #8212, no matter, no cosmos, not even empty space and #8212, 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 and #8217s 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 a.