{"product_id":"where-numbers-fail-gl-harper-9798258506115","title":"Where Numbers Fail: How Mathematics Learned to Count What Cannot Be Held - A work of narrative nonfiction","description":"\u003cb\u003eA Story of Counting What Cannot Be Kept: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Story of Infinity, Nothing, Silence, and Time\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBefore clocks, before calendars, before time was something to spend or save, there was only waiting.\u003cbr\u003eA shadow stretching across the ground.\u003cbr\u003eA breath held just a little too long.\u003cbr\u003eThe quiet space between what has happened and what has not yet begun. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhere Numbers Fail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is not a traditional book about mathematics.\u003cbr\u003eIt is a reflection on why mathematics had to exist at all.\u003cbr\u003eBlending storytelling, philosophy, and the history of ideas, this book explores: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy humans began to count\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow \u003ci\u003enothing\u003c\/i\u003e became something through the invention of zero\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat infinity reveals about the limits of understanding\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnd why time, even now, refuses to be fully measured\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eMoving from ancient counting marks to modern life filled with constant noise, this is a journey through the moments we try to capture and the ones that cannot be held. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlong the way, you'll encounter: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe first quiet recognition that counting never ends\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe uneasy arrival of zero into a world that resisted \"nothing\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe strange truth that some infinities are larger than others\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnd the deeply human experience of time stretching, collapsing, and slipping beyond measure\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eBut this is \u003cb\u003enot just a story about numbers\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eIt is about: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWaiting for someone who is late\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe silence that lingers after words fail\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe way memory holds - and lets go\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe moments that feel too large to fit inside a clock\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eWritten in a lyrical, reflective voice, this book invites you to slow down and notice what usually goes unseen.\u003cbr\u003eBecause beneath the structure of numbers, beneath the precision we rely on, something else remains: \u003cbr\u003eA quiet, continuous presence that cannot be divided.\u003cbr\u003eAnd in that space, between one moment and the next, we begin to understand not just mathematics, but ourselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gl Harper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798258506115\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/23\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 76\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.16d","brand":"Gl Harper","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49172970111231,"sku":"9798258506115","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/where-numbers-fail-gl-harper-9798258506115","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}