Brown R. (Ed.) 30-Second Maths: The 50 Most Mind-Expanding Theories in Mathematics, Each Explained in Half a Minute

Icon Books, 2012. — 167 p. — ISBN 1-84831-386-1, 978-1-84831-386-6.Maths is enjoying a resurgence in popularity. So how can you avoid being the only dinner guest who has no idea who Fermat was or what he proved, and what Fibonacci's sequence or Pascal's triangle are? The more you know about Maths, the less of a science it becomes. 30 Second Maths takes the top 50 most engaging mathematical theories, and explains them to the general reader in half a minute, using nothing more than 200 words and one picture. Read at your own pace, and discover that maths can be more fascinating than you ever imagined.