Number Freaking: The Surreal Sums Behind Everyday Life
UK £7.99,Canada $20.00,
UK Publication February 2006
ISBN 9781840467512
Paperback
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'A cheerful little mix of absurdly precise arithmetic ... this is a book for nutters with calculators and a lot of fun' Guardian
'Rimmer takes everyday numbers and spins them into small stories which are by turns amazing, hilarious and revealing ... a book designed to be dipped into which nevertheless I consumed in one sitting.' Arthur Smith, comedian
From sex to physics, from celebrities to psychology ? Number Freaking provides the answers to all the essential questions you've never asked:
- When will America collide with Japan?
- What's a decent girlfriend worth?
- Why did Elvis really die?
- Which is more crowded: Jakarta, Ikea, or hell?
- How many people on earth are drunk right now?
Crack cocaine for the arithmetic addict, Number Freaking is packed full of futile facts and delightfully surreal sums essential for modern life ...
'Absurd arithmetic and superfluous statistics' Bookseller
'Dangerously easy to get sucked into' Student Times
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‘Rimmer is the Sam Spade of number puzzles, an ambassador for freaky figures, a one-man waterfall of bizarre maths facts.’ Sunday Telegraph
‘A cheerful little mix of absurdly precise arithmetic …this is a book for nutters with calculators and a lot of fun’ Guardian
‘Rimmer takes everyday numbers and spins them into small stories which are by turns amazing, hilarious and revealing … a book designed to be dipped into which nevertheless I consumed in one sitting.’ Arthur Smith
‘Absurd arithmetic and superfluous statistics’ Bookseller
‘Dangerously easy to get sucked into’ Student Times
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Gary Rimmer is a journalist, author and film and television producer. As well as writing for the national press he has contributed to magazines ranging from Time Out to the British Medical Journal. He is the author of Lonely Hearts and Thirtysomehow as well as The A-Z of Street Cred.
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