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Alex's Adventures in Numberland

Alex Bellos
4.11/5 (2011 ratings)
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The world of maths can seem mind-boggling, irrelevant and, let's face it, boring. This groundbreaking book reclaims maths from the geeks.

Mathematical ideas underpin just about everything in our lives: from the surprising geometry of the 50p piece to how probability can help you win in any casino. In search of weird and wonderful mathematical phenomena, Alex Bellos travels across the globe and meets the world's fastest mental calculators in Germany and a startlingly numerate chimpanzee in Japan.

Packed with fascinating, eye-opening anecdotes, Alex's Adventures in Numberland is an exhilarating cocktail of history, reportage and mathematical proofs that will leave you awestruck.
Format:
Kindle Edition
Pages:
pages
Publication:
2010
Publisher:
Bloomsbury
Edition:
1
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
1526623994
ISBN13:
kindle Asin:
B003QXMLXC

Alex's Adventures in Numberland

Alex Bellos
4.11/5 (2011 ratings)
Read Download
The world of maths can seem mind-boggling, irrelevant and, let's face it, boring. This groundbreaking book reclaims maths from the geeks.

Mathematical ideas underpin just about everything in our lives: from the surprising geometry of the 50p piece to how probability can help you win in any casino. In search of weird and wonderful mathematical phenomena, Alex Bellos travels across the globe and meets the world's fastest mental calculators in Germany and a startlingly numerate chimpanzee in Japan.

Packed with fascinating, eye-opening anecdotes, Alex's Adventures in Numberland is an exhilarating cocktail of history, reportage and mathematical proofs that will leave you awestruck.
Format:
Kindle Edition
Pages:
pages
Publication:
2010
Publisher:
Bloomsbury
Edition:
1
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
1526623994
ISBN13:
kindle Asin:
B003QXMLXC

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