Alex Bellos
Autor von Alex im Wunderland der Zahlen: Eine Reise durch die aufregende Welt der Mathematik
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Alex Bellos is the bestselling author of ;iAlex's Adventures in Numberland;/i, which was shortlisted for the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize. He is the iGuardian's maths-blogger, and has worked for the paper in London and Rio de Janeiro as its unusually numerate foreign correspondent. He is a curator- mehr anzeigen or- in-residence at the Science Museum and has a degree in Mathematics and Philosophy from the University of Oxford. He made the shortlist for the 2015 Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books with his title, Alex through the Looking-Glass: How Life Reflects Numbers and Numbers Reflect Life. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen
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Even so, one caveat I'd highlight for any other language nerds is that you'll definitely have some puzzles spoiled for you from general knowledge. I just completed the last puzzle quickly because I've heard of it before. I already knew the Japanese days of the week, and how to read Korean, so I had to skip those. And for some of the puzzles where you have to decypher an unseen alphabet, I already knew which direction most of them are written in and some basic knowledge about their structure (syllabic, alphabetic, etc), which meant that I skipped some of the logical deductions that were built into the puzzles. The answer key was detailed, though, and I actually enjoyed reading how the puzzles were designed.
Pretty sure I found a couple of typoes here and there in the answer key but I can forgive that... I guess.… (mehr)