The Book of Numbers: From Zero to Infinity, an Entertaining List of Every Number that Counts

Glynne-Jones, Tim

ISBN 10: 1848379714 / ISBN 13: 9781848379718

Published by Arcturus Publishing Limited, 2012

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Book of Numbers: From Zero to Infinity, an Entertaining List of Every Number that Counts
• Publisher: Arcturus Publishing Limited
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1848379714
• ISBN 13: 9781848379718
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Within these pages, every number of significance is listed together with its special qualities and associations, featuring explanations, for example, of how a pack of playing cards came to have fifty-two cards, or why there are fifty-two weeks in a year. Where else in one place could you find out how the illegal numbers racket works, what makes some people see numbers as colors, why the standard US rail gauge exactly matches the axle width of an ancient Roman chariot, and the numerological connection between Adolf Hitler and Osama Bin Laden? Our lives are ruled by numbers and this book tells you about every one that counts.

About the Author

Ex-editor of the BBC's Match of the Day magazine and currently managing editor of Restaurant magazine, Tim Glynne-Jones is an experienced journalist who freelances for a number of different publications, including Radio Times, Maxim, the Evening Standard, and Business Life. He is also the author of Game of Two Halves: Football Yesterday & Today.