Alex Bellos is a journalist, broadcaster and puzzle master. He read Mathematics and Philosophy at Oxford University before becoming a journalist and writer. Alex was born in Oxford and grew up in Edinburgh and Southampton and lived in Brazil for five years as a foreign correspondent for the Guardian before returning to the UK He is the author of 8 books about puzzles and mathematics and currently writes weekly puzzle column for the Guardian.
A brilliant collection of puzzles. Never has getting the answer wrong felt so good! -- G.T. Karber, author of MURDLE I'm a sucker for Alex Bellos's books - they're just such fun -- Tim Harford