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

By:

Bellos, Alex, 1969- [author.]

Contributor(s):

Riley, Andy [illustrator.]

Publication details: London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020.Edition: 10th anniversary updated editionDescription: 448 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 20 cmContent type:

text
still image

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781526623997

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

LOC classification:

QA93

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.

List(s) this item appears in: MEdLM L7 Numeracy Theories and Frameworks | SoE-Numeracy Theories and Frameworks

Holdings
Item type	Home library	Class number	Status	Date due	Barcode
2 week loan	Hockney Library Main Floor	510/BEL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		7412389218

Previous edition: 2010.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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

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