Numbers are all around us. They can explain where electricity comes
from, why we look like our parents, why moons revolve around planets,
and why it's so hard to win the lottery. Arranged in thematic chapters
that are easy for the non-mathematical mind to navigate and understand,
"We've Got Your Number "investigates all aspects of math and numbers. As
an added bonus, each chapter also contains concise and accessible
mathematical fun facts in one of four forms: Good at Sums," "which
profiles great mathematicians; Try This at Home, ""entertaining number
games and puzzles; What's Your Problem?," "common real-life math
challenges like calculating the size of the Earth (don't worry it shows
you how to solve them); and What's In a Number? a fact-file 'biography'
filled with iconic numbers as zero, 1, 3, 'unlucky' 13 and 1 million.
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