The updated edition of this dazzling, magical mathematical tour of the festive season with the most elegant mathematical solutions to your Christmas conundrums, from how to avoid a secret Santa disaster to how to win the festive family games.
Hannah Fry is a renowned British mathematician, author, and broadcaster whose impact spans academia, media, and public engagement. In a landmark appointment in 2024, she became Cambridge University's inaugural Professor for the Public Understanding of Mathematics in 2024, a chair created to recognize her contributions. Hannah is the author of multiple bestsellers including A Complete Guide to Absolutely Everything, The Mathematics of Love and the critically acclaimed Hello World. Hannah's work aims to translate complex mathematical ideas and the profound implications of AI for a vast international audience. Her presence extends across media, from prestigious publications like The New Yorker to global platforms like Bloomberg, TED and the BBC, earning her two Emmy nominations, a Grierson Award, and a coveted Baillie Gifford Prize nomination.
Hannah Fry is quickly becoming the David Attenborough of maths.
*Telegraph*
A smart, witty, original take on the festive season, with
calculations and theories to help you prepare and solve your
Christmas conundrums.
*The Sun*
Just in case the charm and beauty of mathematical thinking has
passed by some of your friends and family, they will be grateful
for this slim volume in their stocking. The puzzles and games of
Hannah Fry and Thomas Evans involving present-wrapping and Queen's
Speech bingo are but an entry drug for heady passages about the
natureof truth and game theory.
*New Scientist*
From the perfect Secret Santa gift to finally proving the existence
of St Nick, a new book uses mathematics to crack the toughest
festival conundrums.
*Evening Standard*
The broadcaster and author of The Mathematics of Love teams up with
a mathematician and writer for this intelligent stocking filler ...
sounds enormous fun.
*Caroline Sanderson, The Bookseller*
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