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

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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.

  • 1408809591
  • 9781408809594
  • Alex Bellos
  • 4 April 2011
  • Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 448

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