Asimov on numbers

About this book

Seventeen essays on numbers and number theory and the relationship of numbers to measurement the calendar biology astronomy and the earth. Numbers and Counting. Nothing Counts -- One Ten Buckle My Shoe -- Exclamation Point! -- T-formation -- Varieties of the Infinite -- Numbers and Mathematics. A Piece of Pi -- Tools of the Trade -- The Imaginary That Isnt -- Numbers and Measurement. Forget It! -- Pre-fixing It Up -- Numbers and the Calendar. The Days of Our Years -- Begin at the Beginning -- Numbers and Biology. Thats about the Size of It -- Numbers and Astronomy. The Proton Reckoner -- Numbers and the Earth. Water Water Everywhere -- Up and down the Earth -- The Isles of Earth