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A Quick History of Math

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Maths and humour – not two words you would hear in the same sentence. So when you have a book that presents an interesting history of mathematics in a humorous way, that book deserves special attention.
This book covers the entire development of math in all its forms. How did math become the math we know today? Starting from simple counting to digits to theorems to concepts to complex calculations to the future plausible theories, the book takes its step by step on an insightful journey into mathematics. The best part? It accomplishes this task with a whole lot of humour. The illustrations are hilarious and help in keeping the fun element alive till the very end.

This book will be wonderful for anyone who is scared of maths or wants to know the purpose of maths or understand the impact it has had on modern lives. I had great fun reading this book and would recommend it wholeheartedly.

Thank you, NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group, for the Advanced Review Copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.

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This book is great. The author combines humour and fun illustrations with detailed descriptions of maths throughout history. The book is really accessible but does not sacrifice explanation of difficult concepts for this.

I thought this would be a book to dip in and out of but it really is so engaging that I found I just kept reading.

This will be a great book to have in the classroom to help with explaining concepts but will also appeal to some who just enjoy maths and finding out more about it.

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A very very funny book. Both kids and adults will enjoy it, Hopefully it gets more kids involved in math as well as having fun wiht math and fun at math. So much history of amth covered through centuries and diffrent civilizations to modern day. Lots of fun on each page.

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