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numbers

  • A crystal ball of digits: This book shows that maths alone can be used to build the entire universe

    A crystal ball of digits: This book shows that maths alone can be used to build the entire universe

    Manil Suri
    · Jan 17, 2023 · 08:30 am
  • Happy ‘Twosday’: A brief history of why we find numbers like 22/02/22 fascinating

    Happy ‘Twosday’: A brief history of why we find numbers like 22/02/22 fascinating

    Barry Markovsky, The Conversation
    · Feb 21, 2022 · 11:30 pm
  • From Sunil Gavaskar to Sachin Tendulkar: India’s best performers in away Tests and an all-time XI

    From Sunil Gavaskar to Sachin Tendulkar: India’s best performers in away Tests and an all-time XI

    Vinayakk Mohanarangan
    · Apr 16, 2020 · 09:44 am
  • Watch: A maths problem about the ‘Life, The Universe and Everything’ number 42 gets a solution

    Watch: A maths problem about the ‘Life, The Universe and Everything’ number 42 gets a solution

    Scroll Staff
    · Sep 13, 2019 · 12:38 pm
  • India vs South Africa: The numbers that show the difference between the two sides

    India vs South Africa: The numbers that show the difference between the two sides

    Manas Sharma
    · Jan 04, 2018 · 12:45 pm
  • Weekly data check: The world’s most expensive defender to Alastair Cook’s double ton

    Weekly data check: The world’s most expensive defender to Alastair Cook’s double ton

    Scroll Staff
    · Dec 31, 2017 · 11:00 am
  • I-League in numbers: Which club had the lowest percentage of goals scored by foreigners?

    I-League in numbers: Which club had the lowest percentage of goals scored by foreigners?

    Akarsh Sharma
    · May 07, 2017 · 02:00 pm
  • Anumeric people: What happens when a language has no words for numbers?

    Anumeric people: What happens when a language has no words for numbers?

    Caleb Everett, The Conversation
    · Apr 30, 2017 · 09:30 pm
  • PL weekend in numbers: Liverpool have more points against the top six than the bottom six

    PL weekend in numbers: Liverpool have more points against the top six than the bottom six

    Arka Bhattacharya
    · Mar 20, 2017 · 09:00 pm