Adam Spencer's Mini Book of Numbers

Our very own Sultan of STEM, Crusader of Calculus, Prince of Pi – Adam Barrington Spencer – is back with more teasing, tantalising and tricky maths games, puzzles and quizzes for young and hungry minds.

Scared of square roots? Petrified of Pythagoras? Frightened of factorials? Let Australia’s funniest mathematician enthral and entertain as he demystifies numbers in this bumper new edition.

Adam Spencer’s Mini Book of Numbers follows on from the bestselling Enormous Book of Numbers (2015), Number Crunchers (2016), and The Number Detective (2018), and is guaranteed to keep kids aged 6-12 occupied for hours on end.

About the Author

In 1996, while doing a Maths PhD at Sydney University, Adam Spencer won the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Raw Comedy Championship. He went on to host the triple j breakfast show with Wil Anderson before graduating to 702 ABC Sydney where he secured record ratings for the station for eight years. His TV credits include The Glasshouse, Good News Week, The Project, Q&A and, with Dr Karl, Sleek Geeks. He is the author of several popular maths books including Big Book of Numbers, World of Numbers, Time Machine, and The Number Games. He lives in Sydney.