Illustrated with photos, diagrams and digital imagery, this chronicle searches for the meaning of numbers and explores puzzling aspects of the mathematical world, and the people who made it.

Before the beginning -- Much ado about nothing -- Small is beautiful -- All is one -- Murdering irrationals -- Golden phi -- Good and even -- The greatest invention -- The eternal triangle -- A slice of pi -- Decimalization -- Triskaidekaphobia -- As fast as you can go -- The neverending story -- Unimaginable complexity.