{"id":77121,"date":"2017-11-06T12:18:26","date_gmt":"2017-11-06T01:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.booktopia.com.au\/?p=77121"},"modified":"2017-11-06T12:18:26","modified_gmt":"2017-11-06T01:18:26","slug":"adam-spencer-book-keeps-toes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/2017\/11\/06\/adam-spencer-book-keeps-toes\/","title":{"rendered":"Adam Spencer: \u201cThis book keeps you on your toes.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-77122 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.booktopia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Screen-Shot-2017-11-03-at-1.17.13-pm.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"669\" height=\"377\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s time to work the old grey matter &#8211; Australia&#8217;s funniest mathematician, Adam Spencer, is back with not one, but TWO new books! Let us start with\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/the-number-games-adam-spencer\/prod9781925143881.html\">The Number Games<\/a><\/em>, which we promise isn&#8217;t as stressful as competing in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/the-hunger-games-3-x-paperback-boxed-set-suzanne-collins\/prod9781742835327.html\">The Hunger Games<\/a>.<\/em>\u00a0Instead of violence, what you&#8217;ll find is hundreds of mind-bending, head-scratching, intelligence-testing number games, puzzles and quizzes. Not to mention hilarious and fun number-based trivia!<\/p>\n<p>Basically, your Christmas day games are sorted. If someone in your family was smart enough (get it?) to get a copy of\u00a0<em>The Number Games<\/em> then you&#8217;re sure to have hours and hours of fun. Need some advice from the mathematician himself?<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cA really big part about solving puzzles, in maths and in life in general, is to have a good solid strategy in advance.\u201d &#8211; Adam<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">Sounds easy right?<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cScience is a process of constantly being open to questions, constantly being open to counter-evidence.\u201d &#8211; Adam<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-77121 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"264\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/9781925143874-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"264\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/9781925143874-4.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"264\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/9781925143874-8.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"p1\">And if the little ones are going to find\u00a0<em>The Number Games<\/em> a bit much, you can always get them a copy of\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/adam-spencer-s-12-days-of-christmas--adam-spencer\/prod9781925143874.html\">Adam Spencer&#8217;s 12 Days of Christmas!<\/a><\/em>\u00a0A Christmas classic perfect for any\u00a0Aussie child.\u00a0<i>Adam Spencer\u2019s 12 Days of Christmas<\/i>\u00a0is a cute, clever and distinctly Australian take on the classic Christmas carol, featuring funny rhymes, amazing illustrations and, of course, cheeky maths.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cMathematicians will build this century.\u201d\u00a0&#8211; Adam<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">Check out our full interview with Adam below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/346679828&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s time to work the old grey matter &#8211; Australia&#8217;s funniest mathematician, Adam Spencer, is back with not one, but TWO new books! Let us start with\u00a0The Number Games, which we promise isn&#8217;t as stressful as competing in The Hunger Games.\u00a0Instead of violence, what you&#8217;ll find is hundreds of mind-bending, head-scratching, intelligence-testing number games, puzzles and quizzes. Not to mention hilarious and fun number-based trivia! Basically, your Christmas day games are sorted. If someone in your family was smart enough (get it?) to get a copy of\u00a0The Number Games then you&#8217;re sure to have hours and hours of fun. Need some advice from the mathematician himself? \u201cA really big part about solving puzzles, in maths and in life in general, is to have a good solid strategy in advance.\u201d &#8211; Adam Sounds easy right? \u201cScience is a process of constantly being open to questions, constantly being open to counter-evidence.\u201d &#8211; Adam And if the little ones are going to find\u00a0The Number Games a bit much, you can always get them a copy of\u00a0Adam Spencer&#8217;s 12 Days of Christmas!\u00a0A Christmas classic perfect for any\u00a0Aussie child.\u00a0Adam Spencer\u2019s 12 Days of Christmas\u00a0is a cute, clever and distinctly Australian take on the classic Christmas&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":77128,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[6676],"tags":[8087,367,741,978,993,8018,1281,8079,2203,7394,8081,8078,8077,8080,8086],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Untitled-design-32.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77121"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77121"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77159,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77121\/revisions\/77159"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}