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Spencer, Adam

 
9781568582894: Adam Spencer's Book of Numbers: A Bizarre and Hilarious Journey from 1 to 100
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ISBN 10 : 1568582897 ISBN 13 : 9781568582894
Editeur : Basic Books, 2004

Synopsis

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.

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À propos de l'auteur

Adam Spencer -- who has a PhD in mathematics -- is a stand-up comedian and DJ in Australia, from whence he declares he is on a mission to "take the 'numb' out of 'numbers.'"

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Éditeur
Basic Books
Date d'édition
2004
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1568582897
ISBN 13 
9781568582894
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
238
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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