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Length of a Penguin paperback book (181 mm)...

: Length of a standard playing card (88.9 mm) ...

Length of the Trans-Siberian Highway from St Petersburg to Vladivostok (11,000 km)...

: Distance from London to New York (5,580 km) ...

Length of Africa (North to South) (8,000 km)...

: Width of Australia (4,000 km) ...

Cruising altitude of Airbus commercial jet (13 km)...

: Highest ascent by a hot air balloon (2004) (6.61 km) ...

Length of a Samsung Galaxy S22 Plus smartphone (157.4 mm)...

: Width of a Pixel 6 smartphone (78.4 mm) ...

Is That A Big Number? - The Book

Yes, there's now a book based on these numbers. Oxford University Press: July 2018.

Click here to learn more about it.

Click here for Podcast: Andrew Elliott interviewed for New Books Network.

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