You are made of numbers. Numbers form the basis of everything in the world, that you see and that you use. From everyday to the mind-achingly complex, they are integral to all life. This book also shows how mathematics directly relates and influences the modern world we live in. Pascal and Fermat's discovery that we can use addition and multiplication with fractions to work out probabilities has been extended to the commercial world of casinos and betting agencies outsmarting their customers to ensure they make their profit.

Providing historical background and relevant explanations, this book clarifies but never detracts from the complexity of numbers, their laws and meanings.