So, what's on my nightstand today? It's One Hundred Essential Things I Didn't Know I Didn't Know: Math Explains Your World, by John Barrow. The Kindle version is here.
It looks at many everyday events and issues, and breaks them down mathematically, such as why one always seem to get stuck in the longest line, why two’s company but three’s a crowd, and why there are six degrees of separation instead of seven.
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