• Maths?

    …On A Mind-Shattering Large Number

    When we think of mathematics shivers come crawling inside our bones, at least for most of us. Hazy memories of school days and boring non-sense numerical exercises based on complex rules that produced volatile grades. Yet, some aspects of mathematics can be inspiring and at the same time can destroy our perspective of maths as a boring and complex apparatus. We can always start with a simple question: What is the biggest number you can think of? Our educational development can be traced to the answer to that question. When we are younger we go from 3 to 17 to 100 if we are the cool kid in pre-K. Then…