Alex Bellos: 11 books
Futebol
Soccer, The Brazilian Way
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
A new and updated edition of bestselling author Alex Bellos's classic book on soccer, unforgettably capturing the game at the heart of the Brazilian national identity.
Since the 1950s, when Pelé first started playing, soccer has been how the world sees Brazil, but it is also how Brazilians...
Alex au pays des chiffres
Une plongée dans l'univers des mathématiques
Language: French
Release Date: December 8, 2011
Les entiers vous intriguent ? Les quadratiques vous asticotent ? Les spirales vous donnent le tournis ?
Découvrez le monde merveilleux des mathématiques avec ce livre déjà vendu à plusieurs centaines de milliers d'exemplaires en Angleterre !
" Une introduction spectaculaire à l'émerveillement...
Here's Looking at Euclid
A Surprising Excursion Through the Astonishing World of Math
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
Too often math gets a bad rap, characterized as dry and difficult. But, Alex Bellos says, "math can be inspiring and brilliantly creative. Mathematical thought is one of the great achievements of the human race, and arguably the foundation of all human progress. The world of mathematics is a remarkable...
Alex et la magie des nombres
Un nouveau voyage au pays des mathématiques
Language: French
Release Date: January 8, 2015
" Les mathématiques sont une blague. Et je ne dis pas ça pour rire. De même qu'une blague demande à être "captée', il faut "capter' les maths. C'est le même processus mental. "
Alex Bellos sait l'exaltation que l'esprit humain peut éprouver à découvrir les mathématiques...
by Alex Bellos, Ben Lyttleton
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2018
Soccer School is back in session and ready to defend its goal: to explain the world through soccer.
Coaches Alex Bellos and Ben Lyttleton return with even more proof that soccer can be used to teach kids about pretty much anything. The second book in their funny, fascinating series is full...
by Alex Bellos, Ben Lyttleton
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
This e-book includes BONUS content not found in the print edition! Test your soccer skills with an exclusive sixteen-page quiz about international soccer!
In this exciting new nonfiction series, every lesson revolves around one thing: soccer!
Coaches (and authors) Alex Bellos and Ben...
by Ben Lyttleton, Alex Bellos
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2019
This winning nonfiction series explains the world via soccer trivia, facts, and fun.
This third book in the Soccer School series poses many intriguing questions for soccer fans: What color are Cristiano Ronaldo's pajamas? How many bones are there in the human foot? And why is that dodo alive...
Can You Solve My Problems?
Ingenious, Perplexing, and Totally Satisfying Math and Logic Puzzles
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2017
Puzzle lovers, rejoice!
Bestselling math writer Alex Bellos has a challenge for you: 125 of the world’s best brainteasers from the last two millennia.
Armed with logic alone, you’ll detect counterfeit coins, navigate river crossings, and untangle family trees. Then—with just a...
by Alex Bellos
Language: Italian
Release Date: June 9, 2014
Language: Italian
Release Date: June 9, 2014
Parlare di calcio per non parlarne. Alex Bellos ha attraversato l'immensa patria del bel gioco per trovare nel pallone e nei suoi protagonisti ricchissimi professionisti o sconosciuti pedatori che siano - la chiave con cui interpretare e spiegare i misteri di un popolo e i suoi eccessi. Perché in...
Futebol
Brasil y el deporte que le da vida
Language: Spanish
Release Date: March 11, 2014
La selección brasileña de fútbol es una de las grandes maravillas del mundo. Su juego destila romanticismo, deleite y talento. El fútbol es el embajador de Brasil en el mundo, pero también es así como los brasileños se ven a sí mismos. El juego simboliza su harmonía racial, su alegría, juventud...
The Grapes of Math
How Life Reflects Numbers and Numbers Reflect Life
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2014
From triangles, rotations and power laws, to cones, curves and the dreaded calculus, Alex takes you on a journey of mathematical discovery with his signature wit and limitless enthusiasm. He sifts through over 30,000 survey submissions to uncover the world’s favourite number, and meets a mathematician...