Murderous Maths : Guaranteed to Bend your Brain

Poskitt, Kjartan

Dunton, Trevor

Series: Murderous Maths
Notes
How can maths rescue someone in deadly peril? Which famous mathematician was murdered? How did time begin? All the tricks, tips and short-cuts about Maths they don’t teach you in school.
Contents
Contents : murderous maths - are you kidding - the basics - Professor Fiendish’s fatal fungus - the best invention ever - how our ‘ten’ system works - rubbish things about calculators - the long and short of it - time - clocks - the quest for the right angle - the hard boys of maths - the magic square - short-cuts - a really good magic trick - how to handle BIG numbers - symmetry and the mindmashing maze
Additional Info
Similar to Horrible Histories. It’s maths with the laughs added in!
Location edition Bar Code due date
Non-fiction 23911