In 2022, Antonio Padilla published Fantastic Numbers and
Where to Find Them, A Cosmic Quest from Zero to Infinity. Padilla is a
theoretical physicist and cosmologist at the University of Nottingham. You may
know him from his frequent appearances on the Numberphile
YouTube channel.
The fantastic numbers that Padilla explores are those
numbers associated with physics. The book is divided into three parts: Big
Numbers, Small Numbers, and Infinity. He provides explanations with a variety
of examples and stories. For instance, how sprinter Usain Bolt ages less than
spectators in a stadium watching him because of time dilation. I also liked the
discussion of how we may be living in a holographic universe.
Padilla reviews many scientific concepts including entropy,
the Higgs boson, symmetry, black holes, and the theory of everything (TOE) without
burdening the reader with excessive equations.
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