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  Alex's Adventures in Numberland (Paperback) By (author) Alex Bellos

  

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  Short Description for Alex's Adventures in NumberlandMathematical 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.
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  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Published: 04 April 2011
  • Format: Paperback 448 pages
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  • Categories: Mathematics | Science: General Issues | Popular Science
  • ISBN 13: 9781408809594 ISBN 10: 1408809591
  • Sales rank: 3,636

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Full description for Alex's Adventures in Numberland

• 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.