Alex Bellos
Season 3, Episode 1Season 3 of Book Shambles kicks off with Robin and Josie joined by mathematician, author and Pelé biographer, Alex Bellos with talk of football, Feynman, Euclid, reader offers in 1970s comic books and a whole lot more.
And if you’re just catching up, Alex’s new book, ‘Can You Solve My Problems?’ is out now.
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Reading List
Alex recommends
Pelé by Alex Bellos
Futebol: The Brazilian Way of Life by Alex Bellos
The work of Pythagoras
Alex’s Adventures in Numberland by Alex Bellos
Snowflake Seashell Star by Alex Bellos
The Mystery of the Prime Numbers by Matthew Watkins
Genius at Play: The Curious Mind of John Horton Conway by Siobhan Roberts
The Elements of Euclid by Oliver Byrne
Uncle Petros and Goldbach’s Conjecture by Apostolos Doxiadis
Robin recommends
Principia Mathematica by Bertrand Russell and Alfred Whitehead
The work of HG Wells
The Human Brain Colouring Book by Marian Diamond and Arnold Scheibel
Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension by Matt Parker
The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: Story of Paul Erdos and the Search for Mathematical Truth by Paul Hoffman
Here’s Looking at Euclid: A Surprising Excursion Through the Astonishing World of Math by Alex Bellos
Josie recommends
The Many Ghosts of Doctor Graves from Charlton Comics
Black Magic: Express Elevator from Prize Comics
Bad Luck Buggy from American Comics Group Adventures into the Unknown from American Comics Group
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