Alex's Adventures in Numberland
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Alex's Adventures in Numberland by Alex Bellos
The Sunday Times bestseller Shortlisted for the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize
‘Original and highly entertaining' * Sunday Times *
‘Will leave you hooked on numbers' * Daily Telegraph *
‘A page turner about humanity's strange, never easy and, above all, never dull relationship with numbers' * New Scientist *
'Outstanding.. The style is laced with humour, but at all times, the star of the show is mathematics' * Ian Stewart, Prospect *
‘Will leave you hooked on numbers' * Daily Telegraph *
‘A page turner about humanity's strange, never easy and, above all, never dull relationship with numbers' * New Scientist *
'Outstanding.. The style is laced with humour, but at all times, the star of the show is mathematics' * Ian Stewart, Prospect *
Alex Bellos has a degree in Mathematics and Philosophy from Oxford University. He has worked for the Guardian in London and Rio de Janeiro, where he was the paper's unusually numerate foreign correspondent. In 2002 he wrote a critically acclaimed book about Brazilian football and in 2006 ghostwrote Pelé's autobiography, which was a number one bestseller.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781408809594 |
| ISBN 10 | 1408809591 |
| Title | Alex's Adventures in Numberland |
| Author | Alex Bellos |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2011-04-04 |
| Number of pages | 448 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 2010, Short-listed for Galaxy National Book Awards: Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2010 |
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