Alpha Beta Zero to Zillion Word Codes for Numbers

by Dr Godwin Lekwuwa

Overview

The ABZZ word code system is a method that can be used to convert any given number to word code equivalents. With this method, any given number from zero to zillion can be converted to word codes. The principles of this method are explained in this book. This book also contains a thesaurus that gives two examples of easily derivable and meaningful word code equivalents of every number from 0 to 9,999. It is a forerunner to a proposed online thesaurus that would list word code alternatives of every number from zero to one billion (01,000,000,000). For centuries, people have been attracted to the idea of converting numbers to words. One of the major advantages of this is that people would be able to find meaningful word names for phone numbers, passwords, pin numbers, log-in numbers, access codes, etc. Other advantages include the ability to generate prospective number codes based on any words of your choice. Numerous other advantages and uses are elaborated in this book. Word code systems for numbers devised over the centuries have been cumbersome and difficult to use. This has limited their use in everyday life. The ABZZ word code system introduces a new, simpler, and user-friendly system of converting any given numbers to words and vice versa. The principles of the system can be mastered in a few minutes. Regular usage would engrain it as one of our basic thinking processes. The ABZZ is an idea whose time has come.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781504995078
Publisher:	AuthorHouse
Publication date:	12/28/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
File size:	255 KB

About the Author

Godwin Lekwuwa is a consultant clinical neurophysiologist based in the United Kingdom. He graduated as a medical doctor in 1981. During his medical school days, he developed special interest in the neurological sciences, the human mind, and the nature of man. To enhance his understanding of the human mental mechanisms, he took a master’s degree in psychology and a PhD degree in neurology from the Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London. The ideas used in this book have been nurtured, incubated, and refined since his medical school days. The memory aspects of these techniques were quite handy for examinations and won him almost all the prizes available in his medical school graduation year. The methods elaborated in this book are the basis for his encyclopedic knowledge of medical literature, which surprises most people who know him. As the saying goes, “When a man appears to have specially developed faculties, ask him what books he reads.” A book is a machine to think with.

Editorial Reviews

2016-02-02
Debut author Lekwuwa delivers a guidebook about a system for remembering numbers. Welcome to the Alpha Beta Zero to Zillion word-code system, a method that the author says "can be used to convert any given number to word code equivalents." His book provides consonant abbreviations that can be used to denote numbers zero through nine; for example, the number 5 can be represented by either "L" or "V." The idea is to then create a word that will encompass the number (or numbers) that one wants to remember. Vowels have no values in the system, so consonants may be joined with any vowel that's convenient. As the author explains, "The consonants act as bricks in which numbers are inscribed. The vowels act as mortar which bond the bricks together." For instance, one could represent the number 456 with the word "Files" (four is "F," "I" is neutral, five is "L," "E" is neutral, six is "S") or, as the author suggests, "False" or "Flies." Lekwuwa devotes the bulk of the book to similar suggestions (for example, 6063 may be remembered as "Sarasota" and 8634 as "Justify"), and once readers learn the basics, they could feasibly memorize all sorts of other numbers using words. Although the book's initial premise of associating, say, the number five with the letter "L" isn't necessarily intuitive, one need only learn a few rules to open up a world of numbered possibilities. The method may perhaps be clumsy for smaller numbers; wouldn't it be easier to simply remember "456" than the word "Files" and a decoding system? However, the beauty of such a process comes from encoding and decoding larger numbers. Also, the encoder has great leeway in making words of their own choosing, which allows for a degree of elegance. The author is keen to point out that although he provides many suggestions, "users are entitled to use alternative words which are more appealing to them." Those who are willing to learn the system's foundation will have more than their share of bricks and mortar at their disposal. A number-remembering system that works, although mastering it may take some practice.

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