***A Strong Words 2023 Book of the Year***
''A highly enjoyable and serendipitous read!'' - Rob Eastaway, bestselling co-author of Headscratchers: The New Scientist Puzzle Book
Did you know:
-Only around 100 people have ever lived beyond a million hours (that''s about 114 years)
-Around 7% of everyone who has ever lived is currently alive
-The ''12 days of Christmas'' song, when sung in full, results in 364 gifts being given - one for every day..except Christmas
Broken down into 12 chapters that correspond roughly to months of the year - from going ''back to school'' with arithmetic and times tables through prime numbers and all the way to the 12 Days of Chris-maths, this book features a collection of 365 fascinating numerical ''nuggets'', accompanied by clear, bite-size explanations of the mathematics that underpin them.
| Format |
Inbunden |
| Omfång |
352 sidor |
| Språk |
Engelska |
| Förlag |
Atlantic Books |
| Utgivningsdatum |
2023-11-02 |
| ISBN |
9781838958916 |