This video breaks down how scientists and economists use very large numbers, with clear examples from astronomy, mathematics, ...

A logarithm is the power which a certain number is raised to get another number. Before calculators and various types of complex computers were invented it was difficult for scientists and ...

Visualising 1 × 10 90 as the number of particles in the universe was seen as a sort of upper limit for all practical purposes for numbers(9 August, p 28). Why bother with infinity? I think we are ...