What Are The Chances Of That?

Everyone loves pieces of useless information, and this book is packed with just that! Packed with fascinating facts about figures, it will not fail to raise eyebrows, raise a chuckle and have readers dying for more. These mesmerising numerical titbits are ideal for general knowledge enthusiasts, statisticians and fans of the random alike.

William Hartston read Mathematics at Cambridge and is the author of many chess books. He has a great interest in useless information and since 1998, he has been writing the daily Beachcomber column of surreal humour for the Daily Express.