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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.

Who reads Alex’s Adventures in Numberland: Dispatches from the Wonderful World of Mathematics?

Author

Alex Bellos; Andy Riley

Publisher

Bloomsbury Paperbacks

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9781408809594

Category

science

Subjects

Mathematics, Fiction, Science

Rating

4.06 / 5 (310 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14