The indisputable existence of Santa Claus
Subtitle: the mathematics of Christmas
By: Dr. Hannah Fry & Dr. Thomas Oléron Evans
Contributors: Evans, Thomas Oléron, author
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 151
ISBN-13: 9781468316124
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Miscellanea; Popular works; Christmas; Mathematics
Other titles: Mathematics of Christmas
Description: "In The indisputable existence of Santa Claus, mathematicians Hannah Fry and Thomas Oléron Evans take readers on a festive journey through the pitfalls of a traditional holiday season. Lighthearted and diverting, and brimming with Christmassy diagrams, sketches and graphs, equations, Markov chains, and matrices, The indisputable existence of Santa Claus brightens up the bleak midwinter with stockingsful of mathematical marvels. Math has never been merrier."--Back cover.
Notes: First published in Great Britain in 2016 by Doubleday.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : I wish it could be Christmas everyday; title: The indisputable existence of Santa Claus; title: Decorating the tree; title: Buying presents; title: Secret Santa; title: Wrapping presents; title: Cooking turkey; title: Dividing dessert; title: Christmas crackers; title: The Queen; title: How to win a monopoly; title: Watching Santa's weight.