Imagine a world without numbers. How would we ask for three scoops of ice cream? Why does a minute have 60 seconds anyway and not 100? Where does zero come from and what language do computers understand?

Over the centuries, people have conceived clever ways to use numbers, so that we can understand the world around us better, build cities, find our way home, and much more. In Great Numbers tells the story of this groundbreaking invention.

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