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008			171102t20172017nyua b 000 0 eng d
020			_a9781468316124 _q(hardcover)
020			_a1468316125 _q(hardcover)
035			_a(OCoLC)1008969062 _z(OCoLC)994634579
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082	0	4	_a394.26630151 FRY _223
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100	1		_aFry, Hannah, _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe indisputable existence of Santa Claus : _bthe mathematics of Christmas / _cDr. Hannah Fry & Dr. Thomas Ol©♭ron Evans.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bThe Overlook Press, _c2017.
264		4	_c℗♭2017.
300			_a151 pages : _billustrations ; _c21 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent.
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia.
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier.
500			_aFirst published in Great Britain in 2016 by Doubleday.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
505	0		_aIntroduction : I wish it could be Christmas everyday -- The indisputable existence of Santa Claus -- Decorating the tree -- Buying presents -- Secret Santa -- Wrapping presents -- Cooking turkey -- Dividing dessert -- Christmas crackers -- The Queen -- How to win a monopoly -- Watching Santa's weight.
520			_a"In The indisputable existence of Santa Claus, mathematicians Hannah Fry and Thomas Ol©♭ron Evans take readers on a festive journey through the pitfalls of a traditional holiday season. Lighthearted and diverting, and brimming with Christmassy diagrams, sketches and graphs, equations, Markov chains, and matrices, The indisputable existence of Santa Claus brightens up the bleak midwinter with stockingsful of mathematical marvels. Math has never been merrier."--Back cover.
650		0	_aChristmas _vMiscellanea.
650		0	_aMathematics _vPopular works.
650		7	_aMATHEMATICS / Recreations & Games. _2bisacsh.
655		7	_aTrivia and miscellanea. _2lcgft.
700	1		_aEvans, Thomas Ol©♭ron, _eauthor.
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901			_aLIS _bCATBL
908		4	_aGT4985
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