• Reading Levels 3 - 5

How did the zebra get its stripes?

The world is full of patterns. Leopards have spots. Fish have multicoloured scales. Snails have endlessly spiralling shells. And the reason they can all exist is simple: maths. It's Okay To Be Smart dives into the story of wartime codebreaker Alan Turing and his quest to explain it all.

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