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The Life-Changing Magic of Numbers
- Author
- Bobby Seagull
- Narrator
- Bobby Seagull
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Publish Date
- 25 October 2018
- Run Time
- 7 hours 53 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Random House presents the audiobook edition of The Life-Changing Magic of Numbers, written and read by Bobby Seagull.
If you found maths lessons at school irrelevant and boring, that’s because you didn’t have a teacher like Bobby Seagull.
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.
Critics Review
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Truly mind-blowing... Entertaining, playful and gloriously readable
Daily Mail
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Bobby is probably the best-known maths teacher in the UK
Guardian
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Details
- Author
- Bobby Seagull
- Narrator
- Bobby Seagull
- Duration
- 7 hours 53 minutes
- Release Date
- 25 October 2018
- ISBN
- 9781473565500
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Genre
- Mathematics, Popular science, Impact of science and technology on society, Memoirs, Music, Gambling: theories and methods
Synopsis
Random House presents the audiobook edition of The Life-Changing Magic of Numbers, written and read by Bobby Seagull. If you found maths lessons at school irrelevant and boring, that’s because you didn’t have a teacher like Bobby Seagull.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.
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