The Murderous Maths Books
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Scientific American recommendation! Jan 2011 |
"Have a look at Murderous Maths by Kjartan Poskitt. It
is a truly addictive reading book, and was leapt on and devoured by my children. The book
is full of awful jokes, fascinating facts, real murders and yes, the maths is good too.
This is a brilliant book."
- New Scientist 22nd November 1997 -
Below are all the different MM books available in English.
Click on the cover to get
full details of each one including:
- CONTENTS
- THE CHARACTERS
- CHAPTER HEADINGS
- UPDATES
- EXTRA BITS - more in depth details
that we didn't have space to print
We can even arrange to have the books
delivered to you directly from this site
thanks to the magic of AMAZON.co.uk. Click here to visit our bookshop
For our non U.K. visitors, please check on our
Overseas Editions
The Murderous Maths PUZZLE books
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This is the same "Brainbenders" book published in a handy-sized version.
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Over 100 Su Doku puzzles set at four different levels. Full instructions for absolute beginners, plus hints and tips at all levels. Find out how the gangsters cope with their first Su Doku, and how the utterly mad Pure Mathematicians attack the hardest Su Doku question of all!
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40 Kakuro puzzles plus tips and hints... and then a bath load of Sudoku's, plus our own favourite "Bridge" puzzles and you could even be one of the first people to master the brand new dreaded Kjarposko puzzles!
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How did "Murderous Maths" start?
Originally the first two Murderous Maths books were in Scholastic's
"The Knowledge" series (this followed on from the
Horrible Histories and Horrible Science books)
but now they headline their own
"Murderous Maths" series. What makes them different from other
maths books is that they are FUNNY.
All the Murderous Maths books feature a range
of characters including One-Finger Jimmy, Half Smile and their gang, Dolly Snowlips,
Professor Fiendish, Pongo McWhiffy and the terribly lovely Veronica Gumfloss, the evil
Gollarks from the planet Zog, Urgum the Axeman and so on. They also include
sneaky tricks, games, jokes (most of which are repeatable) and what's more -
you'll find yourself picking up all sorts of advice and tips on how to cope
with maths in all its various forms. Despite their irreverent and frivolous
attitude, these books have even found their way into schools and proved to
be a boost to GCSE studies.
The books are also available in foreign editions which already include
German, Spanish, Polish, Greek, Dutch, Norwegian, Turkish, Croatian, Italian,
Lithuanian, Korean, Danish, Portugese, Hungarian, Finnish, Thai, Portuguese (Latin America)...
and a few we can't identify!
So who invented Murderous Maths then?
The books are all written by Kjartan Poskitt and the bulk of the artwork is done by Philip Reeve. Click here to find out more about the author and illustrators!
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Extremely rare picture of Kjartan Poskitt and Philip Reeve both smiling because they each think the other one is about to pay the restaurant bill. |
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LIVE AUTHOR WEBCAM
ONLINE NOW!
Watch the MM author Kjartan Poskitt get to grips with his latest book!
Catch all the action on our new and exclusive
LIVE AUTHOR WEBCAM
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LINKS:
Murderous Maths Main Index Page
The Murderous Maths Bookshop
The Scholastic Zone
(Scholastic publish all the books featured on this page)
Overseas Editions
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Here's what they read in TURKEY
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The original "Murderous Maths" book has been published in many different languages including
German, Spanish, Polish, Greek, Dutch, Norwegian, Turkish, Croatian, Italian, Hungarian,
Lithuanian, Korean, Danish, Swedish, Portugese, Japanese, Chinese, Thai, Czech, Bulgarian, Finnish... Some of the other books
are also available in other languages (to be honest we're having trouble keeping track
of them all!)
Sadly this site is unable to supply foreign editions, but the
different publishers
can easily be traced by looking up "Kjartan Poskitt" or "Murderous Maths"
through search engines.
U.S.A. VISITORS
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Over the years we've been delighted to have so many families, students and
homeschoolers visiting us from across the Atlantic that we've set up a special USA visitor page.
Here's the USA and CANADA version of the MM Sudoku book which has sold well over 1/2 a million copies!
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In the meantime we are waiting to hear if/when
American editions will be published, so if you're one of the many visitors
we've had from Virginia, New York, Massachusetts,
California, Ohio or elsewhere in the
US, do please ask at
your local bookstore, or even better contact:
Scholastic Inc. 555 Broadway, New York, NY 10012.
That way you might get a book called
"Murderous Math" rather than "Murderous Maths"!
We would also love to hear from you!
Although Murderous Maths is based in the UK,
we get almost 50% of ALL our site visitors from the USA. We're keen to know why we're doing
so well in your states so please find a
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Sophie caught up with Kjartan Poskitt at the Edinbugh Book Festival to get her copy of The Murderous Maths of Everything signed.
Well done to JANE BOOTH who won £10 at her school for her amazing THAG the mathemagician costume made from her dad's pyjamas!