Big Numbers

Duration: 33

Year Published: 1955

Creator: WNET/13

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Description: Demonstrates how scientists and mathematicians write and use very large and very small numbers. Illustrates the meaning, application, and importance of exponents and powers. Explains "perfect numbers" as an example of man's continual fascination with numbers and introduces Euclid's formula for finding such numbers. Features Phillips S. Jones.

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