From the bestselling author of Alex's Adventures in Numberland, a dazzling new book that turns even the most complex maths into a brilliantly entertaining narrative
Alex Bellos is the bestselling author of Alex's Adventures in Numberland, which was shortlisted for the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize. He is the Guardian's maths-blogger, and has worked for the paper in London and Rio de Janeiro as its unusually numerate foreign correspondent. He is a curator-in-residence at the Science Museum and has a degree in Mathematics and Philosophy from the University of Oxford. He lives in London. @alexbellos www.alexbellos.com www.guardian.co.uk/science/alexs-adventures-in-numberland
See, numbers don't have to be scary * Evan Davis *
Another sparkling romp through the world of numbers, with the
inimitable Alex Bellos as your friendly, informed, and
crystal-clear guide. A brilliant successor to Alex's Adventures in
Numberland * Ian Stewart *
To read Alex Through the Looking-Glass is to have one's mind
quietly but continually blown with the knowledge that the world, so
seemingly complex, is constantly conforming to patterns ... Bright
children, bored with the way maths is presented, will find plenty
here to jolly up their calculus classes, while those with an
in-depth mathematical education may still find new gems *
Sunday Express *
Alex Bellos brings the quirks and eccentricities of numbers
wonderfully to life ... Each chapter has its fair share of
intriguing stories, which are always followed by plenty of
equations and detailed explanations. In many ways, Bellos's books
remind me of the writing of Martin Gardiner, who was one of the
most prolific recreational mathematicians of the 20th century and
who died in 2010 * Simon Singh, Observer *
The great moments in maths, it seems, are not contemplations of
chilly glories, but small, satisfying discoveries, like getting a
particularly clever cryptic crossword clue. It is this friendly
approach to numbers that makes Bellos so approachable; he has a way
of walking the reader through a problem ... If anything, Looking
Glass is a better work than Numberland - it feels more immediate,
more relevant and fun * Daily Telegraph *
Fresh, fascinating and endlessly charming. A splendiferous book
altogether * Tim Harford, author of The Undercover Economist
Strikes Back *
Bellos's book is sprinkled with similarly surprising revelations
about familiar mathematical objects ... Bellos has a fantastic
knack of making you feel as if you're sharing a room with these
mathematical explorers * New Scientist *
If you're someone who has always considered maths dull or boring,
think again. In this engaging journey of mathematical discover,
Bellos travels around the world to prove that numbers are fun and
have changed us in fascinating, often surprising ways * Daily
Telegraph *
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