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Numbers: Facts, Figures and Fiction

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This book is excellent. It interests the reader in numbers. You can be between 5 and 95 to enjoy it. The facts vary from the useful to the unhelpful, the level of mathematics from basic to A level. All school libraries should have a copy. All primary teachers should use the facts from 1-31 to give an interest to the date. All secondary teachers should use it to excite students in the relevance of mathematics and how it is the science of patterns.
Best bit - pentagonal bolts in the USA.

This is a superb aid to mathematics teachers who wish to enthuse and enthrall their students and for all those who wish to have a reference book about number which is easy on the eye, easy to understand buut never light-weight, and always entertaining.
This book which had a period out of print is extremely well illustrated with photos and diagrams. It usually has two full A4 pages on every number up to 13, a page on the numbers from 14 to 42 and then a generous paragraph on every number from 43 to 200.
There is then a fact on every number from 201 to 999; and then information on a few large numbers such as 666, 1000 and 1729.
This is a most attractive and informative book.

Not a bad little read. Not very taxing on the mathematical side of the brain. I did find the size of the book quite uncomfortable to hold due to A4 format. Fun book to read and some fascinating facts. Not a serious read. Maybe it's not written that way?

This book brings numbers alive. It gives insights into how numbers appear everyday, how numbers help form patterns and the interconnection between types of number. It is accesible to a 10 yr old, yet provides challenges for all levels of Mathematics up to degree. It should be in every Maths teachers collection and ALL school libraries.