Alex Bellos
Author of Alex's Adventures in Numberland
About the Author
Alex Bellos is the bestselling author of ;iAlex's Adventures in Numberland;/i, which was shortlisted for the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize. He is the iGuardian's maths-blogger, and has worked for the paper in London and Rio de Janeiro as its unusually numerate foreign correspondent. He is a curator- show more or- in-residence at the Science Museum and has a degree in Mathematics and Philosophy from the University of Oxford. He made the shortlist for the 2015 Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books with his title, Alex through the Looking-Glass: How Life Reflects Numbers and Numbers Reflect Life. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Series
Works by Alex Bellos
Can You Solve My Problems?: A casebook of ingenious, perplexing and totally satisfying puzzles (2016) 180 copies
They're Your Problems Now!: Math, Logic, and Word Puzzles to Tie Your Brain in Knots (2020) 17 copies
Locos por el fútbol. Temporada 2: El mundo salvado por el fútbol (Roca Juvenil) (Spanish Edition) (2018) 2 copies
Brasilien. VIS a VIS: Nationalparks. Strände. Restaurants. Museen. Wein. Outback. Aboriginal-Kunst (2011) 1 copy
Locos por el fútbol. Temporada 1: El mundo gobernado por el fútbol (Roca Juvenil) (Spanish Edition) (2018) 1 copy
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- Other names
- BELLOS, Alex
Alex BELLOS, - Birthdate
- 1969
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
- Places of residence
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
London, England, UK - Education
- Oxford University (Mathematics and Philosophy)
- Occupations
- reporter
- Organizations
- The Guardian
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Statistics
- Works
- 34
- Also by
- 1
- Members
- 2,492
- Popularity
- #10,292
- Rating
- 3.9
- Reviews
- 66
- ISBNs
- 127
- Languages
- 9
- Favorited
- 4
Even so, one caveat I'd highlight for any other language nerds is that you'll definitely have some puzzles spoiled for you from general knowledge. I just completed the last puzzle quickly because I've heard of it before. I already knew the Japanese days of the week, and how to read Korean, so I had to skip those. And for some of the puzzles where you have to decypher an unseen alphabet, I already knew which direction most of them are written in and some basic knowledge about their structure (syllabic, alphabetic, etc), which meant that I skipped some of the logical deductions that were built into the puzzles. The answer key was detailed, though, and I actually enjoyed reading how the puzzles were designed.
Pretty sure I found a couple of typoes here and there in the answer key but I can forgive that... I guess.… (more)