The Mathematics of Christmas
Hannah Fry, Thomas Oléron Evans: Indisputable Existence of Santa Claus (2017, ABRAMS (Ignition))
English language
Published Dec. 30, 2017 by ABRAMS (Ignition).
"In The indisputable existence of Santa Claus, mathematicians Hannah Fry and Thomas Oléron 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.
Probably not meant to be read through in one sitting, the humor can become forced at times. That said, there is humor, intelligent footnotes, and the math is well explained. The worst thing are the references to various youtube channels and demonstrations - this felt like a paper copy of a video.
