About the Book
The Magic of Maths is the maths book you wish you had in school. Using a
delightful assortment of examples, from ice cream scoops and poker hands that
teach you factorials to mnemonics that help you memorize pi, this book
empowers you to see the beauty, simplicity, and fun behind those formulas and
equations that once left your head spinning. You'll learn the key ideas of classic
areas of mathematics like arithmetic, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and
calculus but you'll also have fun playing with pi, fooling around with Fibonacci
numbers, investigating infinity, and marvelling over mathematical magic tricks.
A tour of the greatest hits of mathematics, The Magic of Maths is a book for
both fans of mathematics and those who want to be proven wrong about their
previous prejudices of maths. Arthur Benjamin is a mathematician-known
throughout the world as the "mathemagician"-who mixes mathematics and
magic to make the subject fun and beautiful. Maths lovers are going to find new
ways to look at old friends, the way a view from a mountaintop puts a beautiful
valley in a new perspective. For everyone whonever particularly liked or
understood maths-The Magic of Maths is going to put you under its spell.