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5.0 out of 5 stars
Discover a whole new mathematical world in a fun, yes FUN way!!,
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This review is from: How Many Socks Make a Pair?: Surprisingly Interesting Everyday Maths (Hardcover)
I couldn't put this book down! Being a bit of a maths-phobic it took me by surprise, but once I'd started to read about the fascinating world of everyday maths I was hooked.
Forget algebra and algorithms, not to mention quadratic equations, here is maths explained in terms of missing socks, card tricks, birthdays, games involving cutting up envelopes, flipping a coin, sudoku puzzles and much, much more. I now know what a palindrome is, and am starting to see a whole new (potentially beautiful - no exaggeration) side to maths. If only I'd understood these things while at school, it would have brought a whole new dimension to those dreaded maths lessons! There's plenty to engage everyone here, from the maths-phobic to the maths mad. Rob Eastaway may just have succeeded in making maths more popular and understandable to anyone who reads his book. A great book. Very readable. |
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How Many Socks Make a Pair?: Surprisingly Interesting Everyday Maths by Rob Eastaway (Hardcover - August 25, 2008)
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