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The Number Five
Why does number 5 feature so heavily in the patterns in nature?

The Golden Number
Why have some numbers been given names?

Ten
Why do we use base 10, rather than base 7, or base 15?

Pi
The number that reveals how long a circumference of a circle is in terms of its radius

Two
How is a bicycle a six-dimensional object? And what does the number 2 have to do with it?

Zero
How and where did the concept of zero come from?