Adrián Paenza

By Adrián Paenza

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  Incredible Mathematics

  NON FICTION, 2021

  Maths is present in every second of every day of our lives and can even help us to take difficult decisions. But it is also capable of piquing our curiosity, of amazing and dazzling us like back...

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  Danger! Explicit maths ahead

  NON FICTION, 2019

  Adrián says that he's got into the habit of keeping notes about the things that happen to him or that he sees or hears about in the left-hand pocket of his shirt so he can subsequently turn...

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  Is there a mathematician in the house?

  NON FICTION, 2018

  Maths is everywhere; even if we can't see it, and it's available to everyone. When you take a selfie and it's immediately saved to the cloud, every time you buy a plane ticket or even when you...

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  Maths is a Festival

  NON FICTION, 2018

  This book presents 15 surprising and challenging puzzles. You might not be able to solve them all the first time around, or the second for that matter, but the idea is to enjoy the journey as you...

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  Maths is Wonderful

  NON FICTION, 2017

  This book presents 15 surprising and challenging puzzles. You might not be able to solve them all the first time around, or the second for that matter, but the idea is to enjoy the journey as you...

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  Future Maths

  NON FICTION, 2017

  Did you know that it's perfectly possible for you to start your car remotely - regardless of where you are - and ‘ask it' to come pick you up, take you wherever you want go and then drive...

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  Who Loses, Wins

  NON FICTION, 2017

  For young children, maths problems can be very entertaining if they're framed in a playful and relaxed way. This new collection by Adrián Paenza invites children to try to solve enigmas,...

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  Strange Things Happen in Robotland

  NON FICTION, 2016

  For young children, maths problems can be very entertaining if they're framed in a playful and relaxed way. This new collection by Adrián Paenza invites children to try to solve enigmas,...

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  Strategies

  NON FICTION, 2016

  What’s the best strategy to win a contract? How about one for a stable relationship? What’s the best way to get a job when you’re up against several different candidates? Or the...

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  Detectives

  NON FICTION, 2015

  Adrián Paenza, the father of recreational mathematics, asks us to put on our detective hats to work out the problems posed by these mathematical mysteries. Each story will take you to...

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  Wrong Door

  NON FICTION, 2014

  How would we feel about maths if, when we were children, instead of being made to do fractions we were encouraged to work out how many stickers we needed to complete our World Cup album or why the...

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  Mathemagic

  NON FICTION, 2013

  This new book is a sea of ideas, games, challenges, strategies, wit and, especially, magic. What method should I use to make a survey infallible? Can maths help to solve a legal case? What’s...

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  M47HS 4 EVERY1

  NON FICTION, 2012

  More games, puzzles and problems. The new book by the father of the recreational mathematics in Argentina. TH3 PL3ASU8E OF TH1NK1NG, 3NJ0Y1NG H4V1NG 4N UN5OLV3D P80BL3M G01NG 4R0UND Y0UR...

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  What, Are These Also Mathematics?

  NON FICTION, 2011

  We are surrounded by numbers! Birth date, ID number, computer user, phone number. Numbers we repeat and repeat automatically and they only make sense when we associate them and we think in a...

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  Mathematics... Are You There?

  NON FICTION, 2006

  Mathematics... Are You there? It may well be hidden in a problem, but what we know for sure is that maths is around the corner, in our daily lives, waiting for us to find it.  In this trip...