Number Freaking: How to Change the World with Delightfully Surreal Statistics

by Gary Rimmer

This isn't a book of statistics and it isn't a book of science. It has nothing whatsoever to do with actuaries or accountants. Number Freaking is a book of surreal sums and absurd it's doodling with numbers, doing sums in your head just for fun, playing dice with the universe. It's the art of putting numbers where none existed before to take an offthewall peek behind the curtains at how numbers rule our lives. It's about taking numbers that were never meant to be in the same room, crashing them together and seeing what comes out the other end. Number Freaking reveals the low drama of life, the unexpected realities and unforeseen truths that emerge only when numbers are tested to destruction. Discover for yourself how far you walk in a lifetime, how many people have ever lived and how to cure world debt in this essential guide to modern life.

Genres: Nonfiction

240 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

Reviews

[Anne Mulder · Rating 5 out of 5]

I learned what a good boyfriend is worth in chocolate and how long it would take to eat that much chocolate
I learned how many people a year are hurt by toilets
I learned way more about many things and didn't know how far beyond the logical conclusion it was possible to go as in, first we were talking about eyeballs and assuming that everyone had 2, next thing you know, we have an olympic swiming pool full of eyeballs

[Jennifer Daniel]

I thought this would tell me statistics and freaky coincidences. No! It was one big math test. It gave you a list of ridiculous numbers and you had to figure the answer. I had broke out in a sweat by page 2. I quickly closed this devil book up and promptly returned it to the library!