Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension by Matt Parker

'Matt Parker never got the memo about maths being boring. 'Matt Parker is some sort of unholy fusion of a prankster, wizard and brilliant nerd - clever, funny and ever so slightly naughty' Adam Rutherford, author of Creation 'The book oozes with sheer joy' New Scientist Matt Parker, author of the No.1 bestseller Humble Pi, takes us on a riotous journey through the possibilities of numbers Mathematician Matt Parker uses bizarre Klein Bottles, unimaginably small pizza slices, knots no one can untie and computers built from dominoes to reveal some of the most exotic and fascinating ideas in mathematics. And always with something for you to make or do along the way. Starting with simple numbers and algebra, this book goes on to deal with inconceivably big numbers in more dimensions than you ever knew existed. Matt Parker explains that math is difficult because its one of the few subjects that requires us to train our brains to think in an entirely new way, and to confront things with no direct analogy in everyday life-imaginary numbers, snowflakes that only exist in 196884 dimensions, and objects beyond infinity-and shows us why its worth the effort. Mathematician Matt Parker uses bizarre Klein Bottles, unimaginably small pizza slices, knots no one can untie and computers built from dominoes to reveal some of the most exotic and fascinating ideas in mathematics. Matt Parker, author of the No.1 bestseller Humble Pi, takes us on a riotous journey through the possibilities of numbers Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension: A Mathematicians Journey Through Narcissistic Numbers, Optimal Dating Algorithms, at Least Two Kinds of Infinity, and More Matt Parker.

'Maths at its most playful and multifarious' Jordan Ellenberg

Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension by Matt Parker