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Sign in. Log into your account. Forgot your password? Password recovery. Recover your password. Sweepstakes Mag. Money Sweepstakes. You May Like See Also. The Awkward Moments Sweepstakes. The MyHomeIdeas. Heinz Plan a Party in a Click! If you're the first one to suggest it to me and it ends up in a book, I'll definitely put you in the acknowledgments.

A: Surprisingly, yes. Some of them are actually pretty close to the correct answer, but I make no promises. Remember, the book only teaches you how to estimate things and think about numbers. It's not a book of factoids. Q: I like the title and the picture with the slobber. How did you come up with that?

A: I can't take credit for either. Both were suggestions by some of the many hardworking people at Running Press that helped make this book possible.

A: We had a few You can win a free copy of How Many Licks? Here's how it works On December 15, I'll post a Fermi question on my Twitter account.

To enter, estimate an answer and send it to me at aaron at aaronsantos dot com. If your answer is the closest to the one I come up with, I'll mail you free signed copy. Submit all entries before January 1, Don't worry I won't spam or share your email with any third parties. NOTE: I make no pretenses that my answer is correct. Your answer may very well be a better estimate than mine. In fact, your estimate may even be exactly right and you still may not win the contest if somebody else's answer is closer to mine.

Sorry about that. This is the best way I could come up with to pick a winner and I'm not changing it now. Like any good game, there's an element of luck required even if you do have great skill. With that disclaimer out of the way, good luck and happy calculatings!

When writing a book, you inevitably mess some things up. Here are some of the things that went wrong but still made it into the final version Missing thank you's I'd like to thank editor Jennifer Leczkowski, who came on late in the process, but did a wonderful job putting together the final version. Missing thank you's Part II Special thanks to Joshua McDonnell for both the book design and the cover photograph. There are more people that liked the drool than I can estimate. Missing thank you's Part III Thank you to Mario Zucca for doing the many great illustrations in the book.