Fantastic Numbers and Where to Find Them

This book is a captivating exploration of the enigmatic numbers that reveal the essence of reality. For brilliant theoretical physicists like James Clerk Maxwell, Paul Dirac, and Albert Einstein, the pursuit of mathematical truths led to profound insights into the universe’s nature. But what are these truths? What are the mysterious numbers that explain the cosmos? Here, renowned theoretical physicist and YouTube star Antonio Padilla takes us on an irreverent cosmic tour of nine extraordinary numbers in physics. Padilla explains how these unusual numbers unlock the mysteries of black holes, relativity, and the cosmological constant—the contradiction between the two most rigorous theories of the universe. This book combines popular and cutting-edge science with a lively, entertaining, and humorous exploration of the universe’s fundamental units.

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