in Twelve Dreams, A Twelve-year-old Boy Who Hates Math Discovers The Amazing World Of Numbers: Infinite Numbers, Prime Numbers, Fibonacci Numbers, Numbers That Magically Appear In Triangles, And Numbers That Expand Without End. As Readers Dream With Him, They Are Taken Further And Further Into Mathematical Theory, Until Everyone, From Those Who Fumble Over Fractions To Those Who Solve Complex Equations In Their Heads, Winds Up Marveling At What Numbers Can Do.
Hans Magnus Enzensberger Is One Of Those Amazing Thinkers Who Can Write For The Most Advanced Intellectuals And Yet Has The Wit, Charm, And Sparkle To Speak Directly To Children. In the Number Devil He Brings Together The Surreal Logic Of Alice In Wonderland With The Kind Of Math All Readers Would Love, If Only They Had A Number Devil To Teach It To Them.
los Angeles Timesadults Who Know A Little About Math Will Find This Book As Enlightening As Younger Readers Will. - Martin Gardner
Categories:
- Teen & Young Adult
- Education & Reference
- Language Arts
- Education & Reference
Publisher : Picador
Author : Enzensberger, Hans Magnus
Language : English
Edition : Illustrated
Published :2000-05-01
Number Of Pages : 264
Binding : paperback
ISBN-10 : 0805062998
ISBN-13 : 9780805062991
Item weight : 0.9 lb
Dimensions : 0.55 in x 6.18 in x 9.25 in
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