Weird Maths is a lively, accessible, fun book about mathematics, the maths that is all around us, that defines us, our intelligence, our curiosity. In this delightful journey of discovery, David Darling and Agnijo Banerjee explore the cutting edge of modern maths and delve into some fascinating questions: Is anything truly random? Does infinity actually exist? Can maths help us understand chaos? Can chess be solved with maths? If there are aliens and if they play music, would we like it? Packed with puzzles and paradoxes, mind-bending concepts and surprising solutions, Weird Maths is a book for anyone who is interested in maths or in popular science.

Summary Could we ever see the world in 4D? Is anything truly random? Does infinity actually exist? In this delightful journey of discovery, David Darling and extraordinary child prodigy Agnijo Banerjee draw connections between the cutting edge of modern maths and life as we understand it, delving into the strange and venturing out on philosophical quests to consider the existence of free will and the proof (or disproof) of God. Packed with puzzles and paradoxes, mind-bending concepts and surprising solutions, this is for anyone who wants life's questions answered, even those you never knew to ask.

Contents: The maths behind the world -- How to see in 4D -- Chance is a fine thing -- Patterns at the brink of chaos -- Turing's fantastic machine -- Music of the spheres -- Prime mysteries -- Can chess be solved? -- What is and what should never be -- You can't get there from here -- The biggest number of all -- Bend it, stretch it, any way to want to -- God, Gödel, and the search for proof.