Mathematics Minus Fear, Paperback/Lawrence Potter

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How can math help you win on the horses? Whats the foolproof way to solve Sudoku? How can probability teach you to calculate your chances of survival in Russian roulette? In this irreverent and entertaining guide to mathematics, Lawrence Potter takes the fear out of everything from long division to percentages. Using fascinating puzzles and surprising examples, he shows us how math is connected with the world we encounter every day, from how the VAT works to why weather forecasts are wrong, from winning at Monopoly to improving your mental arithmetic. Along the way youll also discover who invented numbers, whether animals can count and what nuns have to do with long multiplication. Lawrence Potter attended Oxford University and graduated with a degree in classics before becoming an adventurous mathematics teacher in Romania and Rwanda. He is the author of This May Help You Understand the World and lives in London. Book specifications: Dimensions: 208 x 167 Author: Lawrence Potter Cover type: Paperback Publishing Year: 2022 Publishing Month: 7 Pages: 416 Language: English Publisher: Pegasus Books Weight: 254 g

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