What could Caesar’s general have in common with multiplication and weights? Or a Russian waiter with factorials? Or a temple in Hanoi with transposition? A Chinese emperor with Benjamin Franklin or Albrecht Duerer? Mathematwist: number tales from around the world is a collection of folktales, anecdotes and popular stories from different countries. Each story gets the brain ticking, encouraging problem-solving skills, with a high quotient of Fun! And each is followed by a simple explanation of the maths behind the ‘magic’, that dispels the esoteric haze from the subject and makes it accessible. A fascinating collection about mathematics and the world.