Magic of Math: Solving for x and Figuring Out Why First Trade Paper Edition

An introduction to the beauty, simplicity, and fun of mathematical formulas explains their essentials and disciplines through everyday examples, mnemonics, and brain-teasing tricks.
An engaging introduction to the beauty, simplicity and fun of mathematical formulas explains its essentials and disciplines through everyday examples, mnemonics and brain-teasing tricks. By the author of The Secrets of Mental Math. 60,000 first printing.
A New York Times BestsellerArthur Benjamin . . . joyfully shows you how to make nature’s numbers dance.”Bill NyeThe Magic of Math is the math book you wish you had in school. Using a delightful assortment of examplesfrom ice-cream scoops and poker hands to measuring mountains and making magic squaresthis book revels in key mathematical fields including arithmetic, algebra, geometry, and calculus, plus Fibonacci numbers, infinity, and, of course, mathematical magic tricks. Known throughout the world as the mathemagician,” Arthur Benjamin mixes mathematics and magic to make the subject fun, attractive, and easy to understand for math fan and math-phobic alike.A positively joyful exploration of mathematics.”Publishers Weekly, starred reviewEach (trick] is more dazzling than the last.”Physics World