271 pages ; 23 cm
If you found maths lessons at school irrelevant and boring, that?s because you didn?t have a teacher like Bobby Seagull.***As seen on BBC 2's Monkman & Seagull's Genius Guide to Britain*** Long before his rise to cult fandom on University Challenge, Bobby Seagull was obsessed with numbers. They were the keys that unlocked the randomness of football results, the beauty of art and the best way to get things done. In his absorbing book, Bobby tells the story of his life through numbers and shows the incredible ways maths can make sense of the world around us. From magic shows to rap lyrics, from hobbies to outer space, from fitness to food - Bobby?s infectious enthusiasm for numbers will change how you think about almost everything. Told through fascinating stories and insights from Bobby?s life, and with head-scratching puzzles in every chapter, you?ll never look at numbers the same way again
Includes bibliographical references

Bobby Seagull

London: Virgin Books

Transworld Digital

Crime & Passion

Vintage Books

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

London, 2018

London, 2019

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Hack your life with maths! Once you know how to see them, numbers are all around us - buried in the dimensions of buildings and encoding the data on our favourite gadgets. They're a beautiful system of patterns and codes, but also an essential tool that can guide our daily decisions, change our behaviour, and even predict the future - if we can just learn how to use them right. Long before his rise to cult fandom on 'University Challenge', Bobby Seagull was obsessed with numbers. They were the keys that unlocked of the randomness of football results, helped him organise his time, directed his social life and opened up the world of music. Told through stories from his life, Bobby illuminates the world of numbers and brings his infectious enthusiasm to everything from the mystery of magic numbers, the improbability of probability, the right number of friends to have, and much more

2023-10-09