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you feel Lucky?
Learn why coins have no memory, and whether Urgum the
Axeman is likely to lose his head and join Riverboat Lil
and Brett Shuffler in a mathematical tangle with swamp
snake. ISBN: 978 1407 10712 7 |
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 The
Mean and Vulgar Bits
Find out how fractions can save you from the toxic mutant
fish of Fastbuck, what makes Pongo McWhiffy a mathematical
freak, and travel to Planet Mean to discover how averages
can be absolutely revolting. Guarantee: this book contains
absolutely no sums!
ISBN: 978 1407 10709 7 |
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 The
Secret Life of Codes
Learn how to encode and decode your own messages in as
many ways as possible. Can you see this very last paragraph
is coded? (Read all the fourth words). The book demonstrates
other codes you've probably never really been aware of.
Stop waiting therefore and go for it.
ISBN: 978 1407 10715 8 |
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 Savage
Shapes
Find out how to command respect throughout the entire
Universe, learn why the US defence headquarters is a pentagon,
and discover the quickest way to get a naked Colonel back
to his beach hut.
ISBN: 978 1407 10710 3 |
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The Phantom X
Pit your wits against Professor Fiendish in the Foul
Formula Challenge and Chainsaw Charlie and his gruesome
gang to discover that even the simplest maths can be
murderous. But look no further: The Phantom is here
to banish algebraic agony - for good!
ISBN: 978 1407 10713 4. £4.99.
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 The
Perfect Sausage
For those of you floundering with your formulas, The
Perfect Sausage reveals how to make the perfect fried
egg, how to get your fair share of a gangster's leftover
pizza and what makes money really interesting. Can the
Mathsmobile take the pace?
ISBN: 978 1407 10716 5. Paperback.
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The Key to the Universe
For those of you scared of squares and perplexed by
primes The Key to the Universe reveals how you could
win a million dollars and become famous forever (twice).
Meanwhile, pit your wits against evil Professor Fiendish's
Number Chain, and things get ugly when the gangsters
meet the unlucky number 13.
ISBN: 978 1407 10711 0. Paperback.
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The Fiendish Angletron
For those of you traumatised by triangles and anxious
about angles The Fiendish Angletron unveils the tools
to solve even the most testing of trigonomogeometric
tasks. Here to help are some strangely familiar superheroes
Supersin, Cosgirl and Tandog.
ISBN: 978 1407 10714 1. Paperback.
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|  Murderous
Maths
Murderous Maths has been given a gorgeous new cover
look! Using a host of hilarious characters, Kjartan
Poskitt presents all the tricks, tips and shortcuts
they don't teach at school. Features the amazing upside-down
cards trick and the mind-mashing maze.
Symmetry has never been such fun!
ISBN: 978 1407 10588 8. Paperback.
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More Murderous Maths
Maths with the laughs added in!
How can maths save your life?
Can you make a piece of one-sided paper?
How can you be famous for ever?
Find out in More Murderous Maths - all the tricks, tips
and short-cuts they don't teach at school.
ISBN: 978 1407 10587 1. Paperback.
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Desperate Measures
Maths with the laughs added in!
Why does a horse need hands?
How many metres are there on the head of a pin?
How dense are you?
Find out in Desperate Measures - all the tricks, tips
and short-cuts they don't teach at school.
ISBN: 978 1407 10586 4. Paperback.
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The Essential Arithmetricks
Maths with the laughs added in!
Why nothing sometimes means something?
Can you beat Professor Fiendish's foul formula?
What can stop a hairy green spot epidemic?
Find out in the Essential Arithmetricks - all the tricks,
tips and short-cuts they don't teach at school.
ISBN: 978 1407 10585 7. Paperback.
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 Codes:
How to make them and break them
Kjartan Poskitt, author of the riotously funny novel
Urgum the Axeman (have you checked it out yet?), spills
the beans on everything you could need to know about
the cryptic world of codes. Are you intrigued by the
enigma machine? How codes were written in Roman times?
And, best if all, how to encode and decode messages
of your own!
ISBN: 978 0439 94328 4. Paperback.
£4.99
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 Murderous
Maths: Professor Fiendish’s Book of Brain-benders
Pit your wits against everyone’s favourite arch
enemy, Professor Fiendish, who now has a Murderous
Maths book all to himself. You can try your
hand at the Darts of Doom or play a game of Pass the
Poison, before facing the ultimate horror, the bottom
of Fiendish’s fridge!
ISBN: 9780439950008. Paperback. £4.99
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 Murderous
Maths: Kakuro and other fiendish number puzzles
More fiendish number puzzles from the co-author of Murderous
Maths: Su Doku.
ISBN: 9780439951647. Paperback. £3.99 |
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Murderous Maths: Su Doku
These Japanese number puzzles are the 'in thing' with
adults at the moment and now younger readers can get
their hands on this Su Doku books which contains 100
fiendish Su Doku puzzles and an introduction written
by Murderous Maths author, Kjartan Poskitt.
ISBN: 9780439950459. Paperback.
£3.99
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