From The Bestselling Author Of Here's Looking At Euclid, A Dazzling New Book That Turns Even The Most Complex Math Into A Brilliantly Entertaining Narrative.  From Triangles, Rotations And Power Laws, To Cones, Curves And The Dreaded Calculus, Alex Takes You On A Journey Of Mathematical Discovery With His Signature Wit And Limitless Enthusiasm. He Sifts Through Over 30,000 Survey Submissions To Uncover The World's Favourite Number, And Meets A Mathematician Who Looks For Universes In His Garage. He Attends The World Mathematical Congress In India, And Visits The Engineer Who Designed The First Roller-coaster Loop.  Get Hooked On Math As Alex Delves Deep Into Humankind's Turbulent Relationship With Numbers, And Reveals How They Have Shaped The World We Live In--