December 1995

Infinity Plus One, and Other Surreal Numbers

With innovative arithmetic, manipulating infinitely large and infinitesimally tiny quantities is as simple as one, two, three.

by Polly Shulman

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December

Departments

A New Kind of Glitch

by Sarah Richardson

Life Takes Backbone

by Carl Zimmer

The First Land

by Rachel Preiser

Boob Cube

by Bennett Daviss

The Red Giant

by Bob Berman

Vital Signs: A Deadly Cry

by Robert Marion

Boy oh Buoyant

by Jeffrey Kluger