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A Year in Numbers: 365 Astonishing Maths Facts
***A Strong Words 2023 Book of the Year***
'A highly enjoyable and serendipitous read!' - Rob Eastaway, bestselling co-author of The New Scientist Puzzle Book
Did you
-Only around 100 people have ever lived beyond a million hours (that's about 114 years)
-Around 7% of everyone who has ever lived is currently alive
-The '12 days of Christmas' song, when sung in full, results in 364 gifts being given - one for every day... except Christmas
Broken down into 12 chapters that correspond roughly to months of the year - from going 'back to school' with arithmetic and times tables through prime numbers and all the way to the 12 Days of Chris-maths, this book features a collection of 365 fascinating numerical 'nuggets', accompanied by clear, bite-size explanations of the mathematics that underpin them.
'A highly enjoyable and serendipitous read!' - Rob Eastaway, bestselling co-author of The New Scientist Puzzle Book
Did you
-Only around 100 people have ever lived beyond a million hours (that's about 114 years)
-Around 7% of everyone who has ever lived is currently alive
-The '12 days of Christmas' song, when sung in full, results in 364 gifts being given - one for every day... except Christmas
Broken down into 12 chapters that correspond roughly to months of the year - from going 'back to school' with arithmetic and times tables through prime numbers and all the way to the 12 Days of Chris-maths, this book features a collection of 365 fascinating numerical 'nuggets', accompanied by clear, bite-size explanations of the mathematics that underpin them.
- GenresMathematicsNonfiction
390 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 2, 2023
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January 2, 2024
I found this book enjoyable if a little tedious at times. The formatting was a little cluttered and busy at times which made the whole thing a bit of a headache to read. The author however writes with such enthusiasm and passion that their enjoyment for the subject leaps off the page. Certain facts were more entertaining and well presented than others, and I think this book suffered a little by the order things were displayed in. Even at a daily pace of one at a time, certain concepts were lost and referred back to things from a while back. More information, and division in how things are displayed, alongside with the appendix did-bits being included with their corresponding fact would have made this a 4 or 5 star read. However I will possibly revisit as I (hopefully) take the facts truly a day at a time.
February 17, 2024
A very accessible book, with many interesting facts.
October 22, 2025
Was a good book, but the facts would get a little onerous at times.
December 30, 2025
Finished it 2 days early
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