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© 2018 Quarto Publishing plc Public domain: UzbekIL 14t; 26bl; 34–35b; 39t; 40–41b; 41t; 54t; Numbers, Big and Small Math and Numbers
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Science Photo Library: LIONEL BRET/LOOK AT SCIENCES 20–21, 42b,
This edition first published in 2018 43br; EMILIO SEGRE VISUAL ARCHIVES/AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF It’s All About Math! ...................4 A History of Numbers .............54
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Library of Congress. Why We Need
Big Numbers
ISBN 978 1 91241 343 0
Statistics ................................. 32
Manufactured in Guangdong, China CC052018
Counting People ..................... 34 Glossary ..................................78
9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Big Numbers in Space ........... 36 Index ........................................80
Stacks of Cash ........................ 38
Global Numbers .....................40
From the Big Bang
... to the First People ..........42
Prehistoric Times ...................44
Counting Days .........................46
Your Amazing Body .................48
Animals Count ........................50
Big Budgets, Big Movies ........ 52

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