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zsofiaszabo's review against another edition
4.0
4 stars because of maths, although I'm not sure I'd recommend this book.
For those who like maths, you've probably heard about at least half of what this book teaches you.
For those who don't, this might be a good way for you to come to like it, but I can see it being a terrible miss.
It's a perfect read for public transport though as the chapters are independent from each other.
For those who like maths, you've probably heard about at least half of what this book teaches you.
For those who don't, this might be a good way for you to come to like it, but I can see it being a terrible miss.
It's a perfect read for public transport though as the chapters are independent from each other.
tintinintibet's review against another edition
2.0
The book is comprised of 100 short chapters of 2-3 pages in length. I spent a week reading this book (it feels more like reading a blog where the author's goal is brevity), and a day later....I can probably name 5 memorable topics, and 2 were interesting enough for me to wikipedia the idea presented in the short chapter. And probably half the topics will be very familiar to those people who would possibly check this book out from the library. The book seems to be a series of "abstract" summaries of 100 math-y sort of topics. And you must go elsewhere for any real amount of detail.
anawilson05's review against another edition
3.0
Little bit complex in places but entertaining never the less. Learnt some interesting facts and tricks, definitely made the importance of numbers in everyday life more apparent.
mpetruce's review against another edition
3.0
Some fun columns. I think it would be better if I understood more about math (what with all the formulas and all). That said, the parts I did understand were really interesting (such as why they use triangles to build power towers).
thomcat's review against another edition
2.0
Should really be titled 100 blog entries you might want to read. Then again, you might not. I think the best was #100, as I had not heard of the global village "State of the Village Report" or it's revisions.
http://www.odtmaps.com/pdf/popvillage.pdf
http://www.odtmaps.com/pdf/popvillage.pdf
larsinio's review against another edition
3.0
Some things i did know that i did know, somethings that i didnt know that i did know, some things that i know that i didnt know.
Theres some nice warmth to narrator in this book which makes it less dry than it would be otherwise. Some topics have too much detail, some not enough for the complex mathematics they are trying to present. I think if they cut it down to 50 topics and polished those heavier, it would have been better.
Theres some nice warmth to narrator in this book which makes it less dry than it would be otherwise. Some topics have too much detail, some not enough for the complex mathematics they are trying to present. I think if they cut it down to 50 topics and polished those heavier, it would have been better.
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