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Alex's adventures in numberland :
dispatches from the wonderful world of mathematics
Cover subtitle: Dispatches from the wonderful world of mathematics
Summary: Mathematical ideas underpin just about everything in our lives: from geometry of the 50p piece to how probability can help you win in any casino. In search of weird and wonderful mathematical phenomena, the author travels across the globe and meets the world's fastest mental calculators in Germany and a startlingly numerate chimpanzee in Japan. (Bookseller website)