How Long Is a Piece of String?: More Hidden Mathematics of Everyday Life

This reads a lot like Horrible Histories but for maths and aimed at an older audience.

I know what I'm going to say is an odd sort of complaint, but I could have done with more book. What there is is gold, but I think they could have gone further into the maths without losing their audience.

That being said I appreciate the practical ways they suggest that a reader can do to to prove the maths in the book and the links to papers which go further into the maths.

I've been reading a lot of books lately on the horrors of innumeracy. It was a pleasure to turn the reading experience on its head and instead read about the joy of numeracy! I knew the prequel left much more to said on the table, and the sequel delivered on that notion. Much fun.

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How long is a piece of string?
is the follow up to Why do buses come in threes? , which I also read recently and enjoyed. This book like the first one was really interesting, dealing with more subjects I'd never really given a thought.

It presents maths in a (most of the time) easy and understandable way, without patronizing the readers. Some subjects are, of course, more interesting than others. But they will give you some new things to talk about at dinner/ a party =) Because, exactly how long is a piece of string?