Around the World in Eighty Games the wilderwood award-winning science writer Harriet A

award-winning science writer Harriet A

But guilt did not lie with a faceless mob

best-selling author Ralph Schoenstein blends sharp observation

six strangers

Nine songs of power have escaped from the piano that maintains the city’s beat

Around the World in Eighty Games the wilderwood award-winning science writer Harriet AA fun and unexpected (The Economist) global tour of the worlds greatest games and the mathematics that underlies them Where should you move first in Connect 4? What is the best property in Monopoly? And how can pi help you win rock paper scissors? Spanning millennia, oceans and continents, countries and cultures, Around the World in Eighty Games gleefully explores how mathematics and games have always been deeply intertwined. Renowned mathematician