The Life-Changing Magic of Numbers

If you found maths lessons at school irrelevant and boring, that’s because you didn’t have a teacher like Bobby Seagull.

***As seen on BBC 2's Monkman & Seagull's Genius Guide to Britain***

Long before his rise to cult fandom on University Challenge, Bobby Seagull was obsessed with numbers. They were the keys that unlocked the randomness of football results, the beauty of art and the best way to get things done.

In his absorbing book, Bobby tells the story of his life through numbers and shows the incredible ways maths can make sense of the world around us. From magic shows to rap lyrics, from hobbies to outer space, from fitness to food – Bobby’s infectious enthusiasm for numbers will change how you think about almost everything.

Told through fascinating stories and insights from Bobby’s life, and with head-scratching puzzles in every chapter, you’ll never look at numbers the same way again.

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The Life-Changing Magic of Numbers

If you found maths lessons at school irrelevant and boring, that’s because you didn’t have a teacher like Bobby Seagull.

***As seen on BBC 2's Monkman & Seagull's Genius Guide to Britain***

Long before his rise to cult fandom on University Challenge, Bobby Seagull was obsessed with numbers. They were the keys that unlocked the randomness of football results, the beauty of art and the best way to get things done.

In his absorbing book, Bobby tells the story of his life through numbers and shows the incredible ways maths can make sense of the world around us. From magic shows to rap lyrics, from hobbies to outer space, from fitness to food – Bobby’s infectious enthusiasm for numbers will change how you think about almost everything.

Told through fascinating stories and insights from Bobby’s life, and with head-scratching puzzles in every chapter, you’ll never look at numbers the same way again.

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The Life-Changing Magic of Numbers

The Life-Changing Magic of Numbers

by Bobby Seagull
The Life-Changing Magic of Numbers

The Life-Changing Magic of Numbers

by Bobby Seagull

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If you found maths lessons at school irrelevant and boring, that’s because you didn’t have a teacher like Bobby Seagull.

***As seen on BBC 2's Monkman & Seagull's Genius Guide to Britain***

Long before his rise to cult fandom on University Challenge, Bobby Seagull was obsessed with numbers. They were the keys that unlocked the randomness of football results, the beauty of art and the best way to get things done.

In his absorbing book, Bobby tells the story of his life through numbers and shows the incredible ways maths can make sense of the world around us. From magic shows to rap lyrics, from hobbies to outer space, from fitness to food – Bobby’s infectious enthusiasm for numbers will change how you think about almost everything.

Told through fascinating stories and insights from Bobby’s life, and with head-scratching puzzles in every chapter, you’ll never look at numbers the same way again.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780753552803
Publisher: Penguin Random House UK
Publication date: 10/01/2019
Pages: 304
Product dimensions: 5.00(w) x 7.75(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Bobby Seagull became a cult star as a contestant on University Challenge in 2017. He is now an obsessive quiz enthusiast, TV presenter, secondary school maths teacher, and a doctoral student researching maths anxiety at Cambridge University.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 It's Easy as 1, 2, 3 1

Chapter 2 If at First You Don't Succeed, Try, Try Again 17

Chapter 3 Collect, Collect and Collect Some More 32

Chapter 4 It's a Kind of Magic 47

Chapter 5 To Boldly Go Where No Math Has Gone Before 59

Chapter 6 Maths Is Maths, and Art Is Art, and Never the Twain Shall Meet 71

Chapter 7 Ready, Steady, Cook 85

Chapter 8 Thank You for the Music 97

Chapter 9 Fit for Maths, Fit for Sport 111

Chapter 10 Money, Money, Money 125

Chapter 11 Greed Is Good 141

Chapter 12 Is it Too Good to Be True? 157

Chapter 13 The House Always Wins 171

Chapter 14 Fingers on Buzzers, It's Your Starter for 10 188

Chapter 15 I Get By with a Little Help from My Friends 202

Chapter 16 I Should Be So Lucky in Love 219

Chapter 17 Sixty Seconds' Worth of Distance Run 237

Solutions 251

Acknowledgements 264

References 269

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