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At first I thought Frontier was going to be another MacGuffin generating monsters strip. I didn't see how it could stand up against Monkey Nuts or The strange strange world of the weird. But it came onto it's own this week, where we find out what the kidnapped Indians have really been forced to mine.
6) Why Do Buses Come in Threes? by Rob Eastaway.
A popular science book on maths, and how it often runs counter to your intuitions. Probably aimed at about entry level GCSE. Does a good job making maths interesting for that level, but I found I wanted more from it.
At first I thought Frontier was going to be another MacGuffin generating monsters strip. I didn't see how it could stand up against Monkey Nuts or The strange strange world of the weird. But it came onto it's own this week, where we find out what the kidnapped Indians have really been forced to mine.
6) Why Do Buses Come in Threes? by Rob Eastaway.
A popular science book on maths, and how it often runs counter to your intuitions. Probably aimed at about entry level GCSE. Does a good job making maths interesting for that level, but I found I wanted more from it.
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Buses COming In Threes
Date: 2009-02-10 04:09 pm (UTC)Safety in numbers. Less chance of them getting picked off by predators on their long migrations. The predators have to pick off the stragglers; the old, the sick and the three wheeled.
Spoilers: Real reason
Date: 2009-02-10 04:19 pm (UTC)But if you assume they do bunch up into threes, and arive at the bus stop as you bus leaves, then the book proves you will have a shorter wait (on average), than if you turned up and there was no bus there.
Maths is fun.