A stunning graphic visualisation of numbers, in which the number on each page is doubled, going from 1 to 1 million in 44 pages. We start with a single tree; 1. As we turn the page, we are presented with a sum doubling the number on the page before it: 1+1 = 2; 2+2 = 4; 4+4 = 8. In this way, we reach a million (actually 1,048,576) within 44 pages.
Each sum is brought to life with a simple graphic illustration in the distinctive style of Sven Völker. The dots form the back of a ladybird, the bubbles in a cup of soda and the water in a swimming pool. On each page, a single neon dot illustrates what one means in the context of the sum.
Gloriously simple in its concept and execution, this is a book that will bring mathematics alive to parents as well as children and will also make a stunning gift book.
Picturebook
2019
Cicada Books, London
21 x 28 cm
44 pages
ISBN: 978-1908714664
german, french, chinese, spanish and korean editions available
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/d9d9c909-feb4-4cda-b157-8a081b4ac5a1/1e2e1c90-6132-4dd7-b4b8-8ef97c9e3b41_rw_3840.jpg?h=2bac03fc61702237a59277b308ee864a)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/d9d9c909-feb4-4cda-b157-8a081b4ac5a1/6a8490ba-409c-4de3-aa36-a04662f9d920_rw_3840.jpg?h=2b551cd4c1a5484023862bf60209b70a)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/d9d9c909-feb4-4cda-b157-8a081b4ac5a1/68fc4793-fa10-468d-a3a0-351df6840037_rw_3840.jpg?h=ee654b151ee7aa11d073b62b2d0b50ed)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/d9d9c909-feb4-4cda-b157-8a081b4ac5a1/7987361d-ecc0-4849-89c8-5463b02d274f_rw_3840.jpg?h=22291aac0b8bf28098bc908a33137a1f)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/d9d9c909-feb4-4cda-b157-8a081b4ac5a1/33fe9aa8-4512-42a2-9456-d4dfe8543251_rw_3840.jpg?h=a1908263a3ec7d5e95ce4db6447d0780)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/d9d9c909-feb4-4cda-b157-8a081b4ac5a1/c3d90764-c7a9-4561-841e-974b21c34678_rw_3840.jpg?h=5d1457f6cadaa3be2b99e66cffd63874)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/d9d9c909-feb4-4cda-b157-8a081b4ac5a1/134c1796-eaf7-45bb-9199-fe1b5d3b8545_rw_3840.jpg?h=53b86e8b7ff136758adaaa81a8a2bdc9)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/d9d9c909-feb4-4cda-b157-8a081b4ac5a1/0698af83-ba8c-4306-9668-4d709f4f4194_rw_3840.jpg?h=f2e114ec99e8063602ef4d0f81d70d8b)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/d9d9c909-feb4-4cda-b157-8a081b4ac5a1/2429b2e4-a0a3-457f-9420-7d83dfde3732_rw_3840.jpg?h=8bb4d4884d0834ad2a58c984d6f0517c)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/d9d9c909-feb4-4cda-b157-8a081b4ac5a1/8881b1f3-6c85-4631-b54e-a7cf8f184219_rw_3840.jpg?h=99b5a39879933e8be508268c0ce51ce8)