In Great Numbers

Imagine a world without numbers... We are told that zero is nothing. There are 60 seconds in a minute. 24hours in a day. But why 60 seconds in a minute and not 24? How do we count zero? What is nothing? Our world is defined by the way we measure, but there was a time when these definitions were much more fluid. How did we reach these conclusions? How do we lead kids to understand them today? The book will be thoughtfully designed and beautifully illustrated to boil down complex ideas into their simplest forms. Readers will gain an understanding of how we measure something abstract like time and the history of doing something as simple as counting 1, 2, 3...