Alex's Adventures in Numberland

Dispatches from the Wonderful World of Mathematics

By: Alex Bellos

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eBook | 5 April 2010 | Edition Number 1

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Shortlisted for the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize

The world of maths can seem mind-boggling, irrelevant and, let's face it, boring. This groundbreaking book reclaims maths from the geeks. Mathematical ideas underpin just about everything in our lives: from the surprising geometry of the 50p piece to how probability can help you win in any casino.

In search of weird and wonderful mathematical phenomena, Alex Bellos travels across the globe and meets the world's fastest mental calculators in Germany and a startlingly numerate chimpanzee in Japan. Packed with fascinating, eye-opening anecdotes, Alex's Adventures in Numberland is an exhilarating cocktail of history, reportage and mathematical proofs that will leave you awestruck.

About the Author

Alex Bellos writes about maths and football. He has a degree in Mathematics and Philosophy from Oxford, and is a former South America correspondent for the Guardian. His books include the bestselling Alex's Adventures in Numberland and its sequel Alex Through the Looking Glass, Visions of Numberland, Can You Solve My Problems? and So You Think You've Got Problems? as well as the Football School series of children's books, which he co-authors. He has been the puzzle columnist for the Guardian since 2015.

Alex lives in London with his wife and two sons.

Industry Reviews

“'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, Prospect