Hot sale Hot sale Hot salePublisher Running Press August 25, 2009Language EnglishPaperback 176 pagesISBN-10 0762435607ISBN-13 978-0762435609Item Weight 7.2 ouncesDimensions 6 x 0.25 x 8.75 inchesHow many licks to the center of a Tootsie Pop how many people are having sex at this moment How long would it take a monkey on a typewriter to produce the plays of Shakespeare For all those questions that keep you up at night, heres the way to answer them. And the beauty of it is that its all approximateUsing Enrico Fermis theory of approximation, Santos brings the world of numbers into perspective. For puzzle junkies and trivia fanatics, these 70 word puzzles will show the reader how to take a bit of information, add what they already know, and extrapolate an answer.Santos has done the impossible make math and the multiple possibilities of numbers fun and informative. Can you really cry a river Is it possible to dig your way out of jail with just a teaspoon and before your life sentence is upTaking an academic subject and using it as the prism to view everyday off-the-wall questions as math problems to be solved is a natural step for the lovers o
