Beautifully crafted and immensely enjoyable, the problems in this book require minimal technical knowledge, being accessible to young secondary school pupils. When you start reading, you will realize that, the book is a powerful criticism on the prevalent curriculum of Mathematics in elementary, middle and high schools. The book is a great read for those who wish to appreciate maths as a course subject, while the book also features some useful exercises to complete.

The betrayal of Mary Queen of Scots and the cracking of the enigma code that helped the Allies in World War II are major episodes in a continuing history of cryptography.Stand-up comedian and mathematician Matt Parker uses bizarre Klein Bottles, unimaginably small pizza slices, knots no one can untie and computers built from dominoes to reveal some of the most exotic and fascinating ideas in mathematics. The author of The Music of the Primes relates how many mathematicians over the years have tried to solve the problem plus the human cost and endeavour that went into it. Paul Erdos was an eccentric who so obsessed with maths that he travelled all the time living out of a plastic bag until the day he died at the age of eighty three!

e" The Story of a Number is written in terms that can be understood by complete novices who have no formal learning or interest in maths.It suggests practical approaches to learning from lectures and to studying for examinations while also allowing time for a fulfilling all-around university experience.