A Year in Numbers: 365 Astonishing Maths Facts

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***A Strong Words 2023 Book of the Year***

”A highly enjoyable and serendipitous read!” – Rob Eastaway, bestselling co-author of Headscratchers: The New Scientist Puzzle Book

Did you know:

-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.