How Many Socks Make a Pair?: Surprisingly Interesting Everyday .9781781313244

Quarto Publishing PLC

How Many Socks Make a Pair?\nby Rob Eastaway\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nDelivery\nUsually delivered in 6\u20137 working days.\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Rob Eastaway\nTitle: How Many Socks Make a Pair?\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Popular science\nPublisher: Quarto Publishing PLC\nPublication year: 2014\nISBN-13: 9781781313244\nISBN-10: 1781313245\nRRP: \u00A39.99\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n'A WITTY BOOK THAT PROVOKES THE IMAGINATION' The Times How many socks make a pair? The answer is not always two. And behind this question lies a world of maths that can be surprising, amusing and even beautiful. Using playing cards, a newspaper, the back of an envelope, a Sudoku, some pennies and of course a pair of socks, Rob Eastaway shows how maths can demonstrate its secret beauties in even t.