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Alex's adventures in numberland / Alex Bellos ; illustrations by Andy Riley.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Bloomsbury, 2011.Description: 448 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), ports. (chiefly col.); 20 cmISBN:
  • 9781408809594 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 510
Summary: Exploding the myth that maths is best left to the geeks, Alex Bellos covers subjects from adding to algebra, from set theory to statistics and from logarithms to logical paradoxes. In doing so, he explains how mathematical ideas underpin just about everything in our lives.
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General The Harden Library, King's Hospital General 510.22 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available R12104X0499

Originally published: 2010.

Exploding the myth that maths is best left to the geeks, Alex Bellos covers subjects from adding to algebra, from set theory to statistics and from logarithms to logical paradoxes. In doing so, he explains how mathematical ideas underpin just about everything in our lives.

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