{"product_id":"zeros-next-door-neighbor-thomas-j-prestopnik-9781722282370","title":"Zero's Next-Door Neighbor: Imagining the Existence of the Smallest Number, the Largest Number, and the Superlative Number System","description":"\u003cb\u003eZERO'S NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOR\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTrying to answer What if...? questions can be fun and thought-provoking. What if the moon was made of cheese? Or made of chocolate? What if you just won a million dollars? Or try this one on for size. What if there existed a smallest number? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis short book poses that very question, offering a few imaginative answers along the way. Whether they are mathematically valid answers is another story. And while in the process of What iffing the existence of this smallest number named alpha, the ensuing train of thought arrives at the conclusion that a largest number, dubbed K, must therefore exist, too. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere is where infinity hits a brick wall, yet an aspect of infinity thrives and courses through this new category of numbers called superlatives. Here, also, is where all of these new numbers live shoulder-to-shoulder, and where, perhaps, irrationals like pi and the square root of 2 may not have a home in their current forms. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThomas J. Prestopnik has next to no qualifications for writing a book about mathematics except for his innate desire to think, dream and be curious.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas J. Prestopnik\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1722282371\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781722282370\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 58\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.12d","brand":"Thomas J. Prestopnik","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48136869871871,"sku":"9781722282370","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_382b4a31-cd4a-4ff3-b721-d2780666a6d9.jpg?v=1770165006","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/zeros-next-door-neighbor-thomas-j-prestopnik-9781722282370","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}