Adam Spencer's Book of Numbers: A Bizarre and Hilarious Journey from 1 to 100

by Adam Spencer

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1568582897
• ISBN13: 9781568582894
• Release Date: February 2004
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 8.0"