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Alex´s Adventures in Numberland: Dispatches from the Wonderful World of Mathematics
Alex Bellos
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Description for Alex´s Adventures in Numberland: Dispatches from the Wonderful World of Mathematics
Paperback. The Sunday Times bestseller Shortlisted for the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 30. Weight in Grams: 332. 8vo.clean copy
A tenth anniversary edition of the iconic book about the wonderful world of maths Sunday Times bestseller | Shortlisted for the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize ‘Original and highly entertaining' Sunday Times ‘A page turner about humanity's strange, never easy and, above all, never dull relationship with numbers' New Scientist ‘Will leave you hooked on numbers' Daily Telegraph In this richly entertaining and accessible book, Alex Bellos explodes the myth that maths is best left to the geeks, and demonstrates the remarkable ways it's linked to our everyday lives. Alex explains the surprising geometry of the 50p ... Read more
A tenth anniversary edition of the iconic book about the wonderful world of maths Sunday Times bestseller | Shortlisted for the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize ‘Original and highly entertaining' Sunday Times ‘A page turner about humanity's strange, never easy and, above all, never dull relationship with numbers' New Scientist ‘Will leave you hooked on numbers' Daily Telegraph In this richly entertaining and accessible book, Alex Bellos explodes the myth that maths is best left to the geeks, and demonstrates the remarkable ways it's linked to our everyday lives. Alex explains the surprising geometry of the 50p ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781408809594
SKU
KEX0262419
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Alex Bellos
Alex Bellos has a degree in Mathematics and Philosophy from Oxford University. He has worked for the Guardian in London and Rio de Janeiro, where he was the paper's unusually numerate foreign correspondent. In 2002 he wrote a critically acclaimed book about Brazilian football and in 2006 ghostwrote Pelé's autobiography, which was a number one bestseller.
Reviews for Alex´s Adventures in Numberland: Dispatches from the Wonderful World of Mathematics
‘Original and highly entertaining'
Sunday Times
‘Will leave you hooked on numbers'
Daily Telegraph
‘A page turner about humanity's strange, never easy and, above all, never dull relationship with numbers'
New Scientist
'Outstanding ... The style is laced with humour, but at all times, the star of the show is mathematics'
Ian Stewart, ... Read more
Sunday Times
‘Will leave you hooked on numbers'
Daily Telegraph
‘A page turner about humanity's strange, never easy and, above all, never dull relationship with numbers'
New Scientist
'Outstanding ... The style is laced with humour, but at all times, the star of the show is mathematics'
Ian Stewart, ... Read more