Customer Reviews
A Book For All Occasions - By: Ed the Ted, 10 Oct 2006 
This book was an enjoyable read. It was a nice, light paperback that could be picked up to fillin a few minutes at the end of a period of study or used to wind down after a hard days work. It showed the underlying mathsin everyday problems & although it had some slow parts, the chapters were short enough to have a nice taste of the mathematical side of life without getting too deepin formulae & theories. I especially enjoyed the chapters on game show decisions & also about conmen & what they dream up. Allin all, if you are looking for something light & non-taxing but something that broadens your understandings of practical maths, then this book is for you. However, for something challenging & highly mathematical based, another read would be fitting.
Entertaining for all - By: Steve B, 01 May 2006 
I AM a mathematician & had come across a few of the thingsin far more detailin other books before - which I'd also liked. Seeing these & other nuggetsin this lighter book was great - I'm now re-reading bits, & am buying a copy for my dear old mum (who claims to be not at all mathematical but liked the look of it when she visited).
Thoroughly entertaining book - By: Richard Harris, 09 May 2003 
I thought this was an excllent book - full of interesting real-life situations & the maths that you never knew underpinned them. I particularly liked the chapter on karaoke singers & the maths behind 'in-tune' or 'out of tune' music.
Stimulating, wide-ranging and entertaining - By: , 26 Mar 2003 As somebody who hasn't seriously touched any maths since my A level 20 years ago, I found this book a fascinating read. The chapters on music particularly interest me, & like other chapters they bring out ideas that I have not come across before. If you want complex maths, there are thousands of books that provide enough challenge - face it, you just have to look at ANY maths textbook for students. This book is surely not aiming at the people who want books like that. If you are like me, you are curious about the maths of everyday life but aren't particularly interestedin sweating your way through algebraic proofs that can often getin the way of the seeing bigger picture. I wanted a book about maths that was fun, thought-provoking & readable, & for me this book is just right.
Too simple - By: , 11 Mar 2003 
This book has been rated too high so farin my opinion by other customers. I am a self taught mathematics fan & consider this book as hardly chalenging at all, which is one of the things that makes mathematics attractive to me. Whenever the authors (which isn't very often) decide to put things into formulae, they don't even explain where they come from. It is entertaining to read, however, but I would say the book should be recomended to people whose main interests lie within the humanities or for highschool teenagers, certainly not for adults with a backgroundin mathematics.
