Weird Maths: At the Edge of Infinity and Beyond

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Is anything truly random Does infinity actually exist Could we ever see into other dimensions In this delightful journey of discovery, David Darling and extraordinary child prodigy Agnijo Banerjee draw connections between the cutting edge of modern maths and life as we understand it, delving into the strange would we like alien music and venturing out on quests to consider the existence of free will and the fantastical future of quantum computers. Packed with puzzles and paradoxes, mind-bending concepts and surprising solutions, this is for anyone who wants lifes questions answered even those you never thought to ask.

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Remarkable.

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A glorious trip through some of the wilder regions of the mathematical landscape, explaining why they are important and useful, but mostly revelling in the sheer joy of the unexpected. Highly recommended!

-- Ian Stewart, author of Significant Figures

Darling and Banerjee take us on a captivating ride through a vast landscape of mathematics, touching on mesmerising topics that include randomness, higher dimensions, alien music, chess, chaos, prime numbers, cicadas, infinity, and more. Read this book and soar.

-- Clifford A. Pickover, author of The Math Book: From Pythagoras to the 57th Dimension

In this inspired collaboration, a young maths prodigy teams up witha popular science writer to present a fresh view of the world ofmathematics. Together they fearlessly tackle some of the most weird and wonderful topics in mathematics today, rightly believing that if you cant explain something in plain language then you dont properly understand it. Clearly, they understand it.

-- John Stillwell, Professor of Mathematics, University of San Francisco, and author of Elements of Mathematics

Author Bio

David Darling is a science writer, astronomer and tutor. He is the author of nearly fifty books, including the bestselling Equations of Eternity. He lives in Dundee, Scotland. Agnijo Banerjee is one of the worlds most outstanding young mathematicians and a former student of Darlings. At the age of thirteen he attained the highest possible score on Mensas IQ test and in 2018 he came joint first in the International Mathematical Olympiad, becoming the first person from the UK to obtain a perfect score in 24 years. He was born in Kolkata, India, but has spent most of his life in Scotland. He is now continuing his studies at Trinity College, Cambridge.