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Alex's Adventures in Numberland
by Alex Bellos
Bellos travels the world of math: Japanese abacus schools, Indian Vedic math, a Pythagorean cult, probability in Vegas. Journalism about numbers.
Read it if…
you want math as travel writing.
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Skip it if…
you want proofs.
Try instead: Alex Through the Looking-Glass →
Three things you will actually use
- Math is cultural.
- Numbers have stories.
- Explore widely.
Do this first
Read the chapter on the abacus.
Our verdict
Bellos in Numberland.
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