THE IRRATIONAL DIARY OF CLARA VALENTINE

Clara's last year at school is looking pretty uneventful, apart from the stress of uni applications. Until one day, classmate Ty (on whom she happens to have a pretty big crush) asks for her help. His computer genius brother has just disappeared, leaving behind a laptop to which access is granted only when you answer a maths question - and maths isn't exactly Ty's strong suit.


One question turns into many when Clara and Ty follow his brother's trail and start spending a whole lot of time together. As she works on maths problems more exciting than anything she's ever done in class, Clara also has to deal with everyone in her life suddenly acting strange all at the same time: best friend M's gone silent on her, little sister Emma has become a devil child, and even her parents are up to something...


WINNER of Chalkdust Magazine 'Book of the Year' 2022


B.R.A.G.Medallion Honoree


Praise for The Irrational Diary of Clara Valentine:

"I had no idea you were this funny!" Coralie's mother, a mathematician

"Coralie's voice is so effervescent, so authentic, so engaging [...] I think she's a star in the making" A publisher who didn't publish the book

"Super exciting and relatable" Coralie's sister, a real-life teenager

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THE IRRATIONAL DIARY OF CLARA VALENTINE

Clara's last year at school is looking pretty uneventful, apart from the stress of uni applications. Until one day, classmate Ty (on whom she happens to have a pretty big crush) asks for her help. His computer genius brother has just disappeared, leaving behind a laptop to which access is granted only when you answer a maths question - and maths isn't exactly Ty's strong suit.


One question turns into many when Clara and Ty follow his brother's trail and start spending a whole lot of time together. As she works on maths problems more exciting than anything she's ever done in class, Clara also has to deal with everyone in her life suddenly acting strange all at the same time: best friend M's gone silent on her, little sister Emma has become a devil child, and even her parents are up to something...


WINNER of Chalkdust Magazine 'Book of the Year' 2022


B.R.A.G.Medallion Honoree


Praise for The Irrational Diary of Clara Valentine:

"I had no idea you were this funny!" Coralie's mother, a mathematician

"Coralie's voice is so effervescent, so authentic, so engaging [...] I think she's a star in the making" A publisher who didn't publish the book

"Super exciting and relatable" Coralie's sister, a real-life teenager

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THE IRRATIONAL DIARY OF CLARA VALENTINE

THE IRRATIONAL DIARY OF CLARA VALENTINE

by Coralie Colmez
THE IRRATIONAL DIARY OF CLARA VALENTINE

THE IRRATIONAL DIARY OF CLARA VALENTINE

by Coralie Colmez

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Overview

Clara's last year at school is looking pretty uneventful, apart from the stress of uni applications. Until one day, classmate Ty (on whom she happens to have a pretty big crush) asks for her help. His computer genius brother has just disappeared, leaving behind a laptop to which access is granted only when you answer a maths question - and maths isn't exactly Ty's strong suit.


One question turns into many when Clara and Ty follow his brother's trail and start spending a whole lot of time together. As she works on maths problems more exciting than anything she's ever done in class, Clara also has to deal with everyone in her life suddenly acting strange all at the same time: best friend M's gone silent on her, little sister Emma has become a devil child, and even her parents are up to something...


WINNER of Chalkdust Magazine 'Book of the Year' 2022


B.R.A.G.Medallion Honoree


Praise for The Irrational Diary of Clara Valentine:

"I had no idea you were this funny!" Coralie's mother, a mathematician

"Coralie's voice is so effervescent, so authentic, so engaging [...] I think she's a star in the making" A publisher who didn't publish the book

"Super exciting and relatable" Coralie's sister, a real-life teenager


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781399922227
Publisher: Coco Publishing
Publication date: 10/06/2022
Series: Irrational Diaries , #1
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 330
File size: 1 MB
Age Range: 15 - 18 Years

About the Author

Coralie Colmez got her love of maths from two mathematician parents and a degree at Cambridge university. She talks and writes about maths for the general public, and for teenagers especially. She is the author of 'The Irrational Diary of Clara Valentine', an entertaining YA novel which also introduces beautiful, high-level mathematical concepts to its readers, and the co-author (with her mother Leila Schneps) of 'Math on Trial', a non-fiction book describing ten criminal trials during which mathematics was used as evidence, and the calculations were wrong.In her day job, Coralie is a co-founder and director of Unifrog, an online platform which helps students to choose and reach their best next step after high school.

Table of Contents

Introduction - How It Started

Chapter 1 - Number of Pair in a Set

Chapter 2 - The Birthday Problem

Chapter 3 - RSA Encryption

Chapter 4 - The Hilbert Hotel Paradox

Chapter 5 - Countable and Uncountable Infinity... Plus Some Irrationality!

Chapter 6 - Liars and Truth-tellers

Chapter 7 - The One-Time Pad Code

Chapter 8 - Fibonacci Numbers

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