Publisher/講談社

Google翻訳
This is a collection of works by Takashi Atoda, a Japanese writer and novelist, "The Book of Numbers". This book is the Japanese version of the English version of The Book of Numbers (written by Herbert & Mafalda Spencer/published by Latimer, UK). Atoda's text is attached to each sheet, using various familiar situations to show the fun of numbers. Quoting from the work, "Giants / Sadaharu Oh", "NHK TV / NC9", "Restaurant Table Number", "Shimbashi Station Platform Under", "Public Telephone Stand", "45 Whiskey", "Zoshigaya 1-chome", "Elevator 52nd Floor" "Playing Children" "1st International Women's Full Marathon" "Airport Car Roof" "Chinzanso Cloakroom Number Plate" "Concrete Mixer Truck" "Asahi Shimbun 100th Anniversary Envelope" etc. You can see the fun of the number of existences rooted in 100 items including these items. It is a book that makes you think that it would be fun to learn from this book and explore the mysteries, quirks, and tastes of numbers using things around you.