num_pages: 449
description: 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.
language: English
title: Alex's Adventures in Numberland
publisher: Bloomsbury