Download or read book The Essential Arithmetricks written by Kjartan Poskitt and published by Hippo Bks. This book was released on 1999 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Find out how to count your way out of a death-trap, why multiplication can stop a hairy green spot epidemic, and meet the barmy pure mathematicians who spent years proving 5 + 0 = 5. Meanwhile, Chainsaw Charlie, Halfsmile and their gang discover that even the simplest maths can be murderous.