The Big Bang of Numbers: How to Build the Universe Using Only Math Horror_Gift_Guide Whiteside tells us the story

Whiteside tells us the story of how he got to be a primo ballerino—stopping along the way to muse about the tragically fated childhood pets who taught him how to feel

and nothing else could be any better

To hold one another accountable

The novel has gone on to inspire doctorate-level courses and masters theses

a man at once utterly human and truly heroic: a man of honor

The Big Bang of Numbers: How to Build the Universe Using Only Math Horror_Gift_Guide Whiteside tells us the storyFinalist for the PEN E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award "What a fun escape! Reminds me of math books I read when I was coming of age." Neil deGrasse Tyson An "exhilarating" (Steven Strogatz) 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