Geekspeak: How Life + Mathematics = Happiness

curiosity Is Our Human Birthright, And Destiny. As A Species, We Are Prone To Think, Ruminate, Reflect, Cogitate, Mull Over, And Philosophize. Why Do We Do These Things? To Explain Away The World Around Us, To Find Solace In Knowledge, To Answer All Those Seeming Unanswerables: Why Are We Here? Is There A God? Is There Life After Death? And, Above All, How Many Houseflies Does It Take To Pull A Car?

dr. Graham Tattersall, A Confirmed And Superior Geek, Has Rescued Math From The Prison Of The Classroom And Put It To Use In Novel And Unexpected Ways To Explain Away Some Oft-pondered Mysteries Of The World. The Questions He Tackles Include:

how Big Is Your Vocabulary?

how Heavy Is Your House?

do The Dead Outnumber The Living?

what Are The Best Words To Use In A Personal Ad?

how Much Do You Love Your Father?

his Formula Is Simple, Cunning, And Witty, Allowing The Reader To Exercise His Or Her Brain, And Impress Friends, In Ways Never Possible Before. More Than A Delightful Book To Read From Cover To Cover, geekspeak Is An Essential Tool For Solving The Unsolvable, Sounding Intelligent, And Better Understanding The Fascinating World In Which We Live.

math Has A New Champion, And The Geeks A New King.

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adult/high School

This Collection Of Essays Is A Good Choice For Teens Who Suspect What Geeks Already Know-that Mathematics Is Interesting And, Yes, Even Fun. The Selections Are Geek Lite, Covering Such Questions As How Heavy Is Your House? And Which Is More Powerful-your Brain Or A Pc? The Answers Provided Are Short (typically Four To Eight Pages); Humorous; And, Best Of All For The Mathematically Challenged, Easy To Understand. Tattersall Occasionally Throws In An Impressive-looking Formula In A Display Of Gee-whiz Showmanship, But Readers Need Not Worry. The Author Explains His Calculations In Plain English. While The British Origin Of The Book Will From Time To Time Jar American Readers, As When The Author Explains How You Can Estimate The Population Of Boston Because You Already Know The Population Of Liverpool, This Is A Minor Distraction In An Entertaining And Enlightening Book.-sandy Schmitz, Berkeley Public Library, Ca