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  • Plus Advent Calendar Door #5: The hidden tales of maths

    5 December, 2014
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    We can't really remember the last Christmas because this time last year we were very busy writing our book Numericon: A journey through the hidden lives of numbers. The book is a trip through the world of maths via the familiar stepping stones of numbers. If you like what you read on Plus then maybe you would also like Numericon — and thanks to the good people at Quercus, it does look very pretty too!

    To get a taste of the kind of stories that are in the book, have a look at these Plus articles:

    • The art of guessing
    • Watch your units!
    • Constant worries
    • Too big to write but not too big for Graham

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