anawilson05's review against another edition

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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

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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

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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

larsinio's review against another edition

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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.
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