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

Author: Alex Bellos

Explodes the myth that maths is best left to the geeks. Covering subjects from adding to algebra, from set theory to statistics, and from logarithms to logical paradoxes, this title explains how mathematical ideas underpin just about everything in our lives. It also explains the strategy of how best to gamble in a casino…..Read More

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