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Adam Spencer's Book of Numbers: A Bizarre and Hilarious Journey from 1 to 100 (Paperback)

by Adam Spencer (Author) "It's not strictly correct to say that 1 is the 'fist number', because there are negative numbers and 0 and other numbers that are 'less..." (more)
Key Phrases: triangular numbers, abundant number, New York, Get Smart, South Park (more...)
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How many people do you need in a room before there'll be a birthday in common? Why is 70 weird, and what can we do about it? How can 56 people eat 1 pizza? In 100 bite-size chapters of no more than three pages each, Adam Spencer gives each number, 1 to 100, its place in the limelight. For example, take 65. It's the constant of a 5 x 5 "magic square" -- a square that contains the numbers 1 to 25, where all the rows and columns and each diagonal add up to 65. Elizabeth Taylor had 65 costume changes in Cleopatra. And sharks can travel up to 65 kilometers per hour (about 40 mph). After reading Adam Spencer's Book of Numbers, readers will never look at numbers the same way again.
Product Details
  • Paperback: 238 pages
  • Publisher: Basic Books (February 15, 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1568582897
  • ISBN-13: 978-1568582894
  • Product Dimensions: 8 x 5 x 0.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 6.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,295,090 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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First Sentence:
It's not strictly correct to say that 1 is the 'fist number', because there are negative numbers and 0 and other numbers that are 'less than' 1. Read the first page
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
triangular numbers, abundant number
Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Get Smart, South Park, Leonhard Euler, The Simpsons
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