Marcus du Sautoy’s Number Mysteries

Most of the Guardian readers or digital publishing enthusiasts among you will already have enjoyed Marcus’ article on books, enhanced ebooks and apps published last weekend in the Guardian Review.

Well, today is publication day for Marcus’ very exciting own enhanced book project The Number Mysteries.

‘Mind-bending, fascinating and useful too. Maths didn’t used to be this much fun.’
- Alan Davies

We are all taught how fundamental maths is to the world we live in. But did you know that Wayne Rooney solves a quadratic equation every time he connects with a cross to put the ball in the back of the net? That we use prime numbers when we shop on the Internet? Or that you can win $1 million just by solving one of the five puzzles in The Num8er My5teries?

As well as containing great writing from the holder of the Charles Simonyi Chair for the Public Understanding of Science, the book is sprinkled with QR codes that will send you to various online web pages chosen by the author, and references to downloadable additional material to further your understanding of the maths in the book.

Click here to continue reading about the book, as well as to learn more about the iPhone app especially created to accompany it, the QR codes contained within, and the maths puzzles you can download, print out and play with…