“Number Theory”
by Noah Bogdonoff
Smashwords Edition
Copyright 2010 by Noah Bogdonoff and Untreed Reads Publishing
Cover Copyright 2010 by Dara England and Untreed Reads
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Number Theory
I’m a numerical kind of guy.
When I was born—in the depths of winter some nineteen years ago—I’m almost certain that I read the world in binary. The interesting thing about binary code is that it is comprised entirely of 1s and 0s. It is simple. If the trees were 1, the grass was 0. The sky might have been 11001. The entire world might be described in terms of those two figures. There were no 2s, no 8s, and certainly no variables. Looking back, I wonder what my sense of color was like. Did I understand the hues and intricacies that give life its own, strange brand of vivacity? Certainly I was a product of blending, of experimentation. All odd people are.