Chapter 1 Scientific Notation
In the land of science, numbers can grow as vast as a dragon’s hoard or shrink as small as a quark’s shadow. But wise scholars and clever spellcasters don’t waste time counting endless zeros, they use a magical cantrip called scientific notation.
With just one enchanted rule: write a number between 1 and 10, then multiply by a power of ten, you can tame even the wildest figures. A beast like 5,000 becomes \(5 \times 10^3 \text{,}\) and a whisper-small 0.0002 transforms into \(2 \times 10^{-4} \text{.}\)
It’s the secret spell of astronomers, constructs, and magic folk everywhere. Use it wisely, and even the stars won’t feel out of reach.
