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The Number Devil: A Mathematical Ad- Hans Magnus Enzensbe, 0805062998, paperback

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Condition
Good: A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including ...
Artist
Hans Magnus Enzensberger; Rotraut Susanne Berner [Illustrator]; M
ISBN
9780805062991
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Holt & Company, Henry
ISBN-10
0805062998
ISBN-13
9780805062991
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1643142

Product Key Features

Book Title
Number Devil : a Mathematical Adventure
Number of Pages
264 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2000
Topic
Action & Adventure / General, General, Essays
Features
Revised
Illustrator
Berner, Rotraut Susanne, Yes
Genre
Mathematics, Juvenile Fiction
Author
Hans Magnus Enzensberger
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
13.8 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
97-042448
Reviews
"Rare and glorious." --Michael Pakenham,Baltimore Sun "Adults who know a little about math will find this book as enlightening as younger readers will." --Martin Gardner,Los Angeles Times, "Rare and glorious." -- Michael Pakenham, Baltimore Sun "Adults who know a little about math will find this book as enlightening as younger readers will." -- Martin Gardner, Los Angeles Times, "Rare and glorious." --Michael Pakenham, Baltimore Sun "Adults who know a little about math will find this book as enlightening as younger readers will." --Martin Gardner, Los Angeles Times, "Rare and glorious." --Michael Pakenham, Baltimore Sun "Entertaining, amusingly illustrated . . . Adults who know a little about math will find this book as enlightening as younger readers will." --Martin Gardner, Los Angeles Times "Charming and seductive . . . We all might learn more if we each had an Enzensbergian devil to beguile us into a dream and to give us a glimpse of the beauty and power of mathematics." --John Allen Paulos, The New York Review of Books " Interesting and fun at the same time." -- The Guardian " Exceptionally handsome four-color illustrations and vignettes deepen the magic of this mathematically minded fantasy. . . . Even mathematical equations look festive here, hand-printed in warm muted tones. . . . This will be a favorite." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
21
Grade From
Fifth Grade
Dewey Decimal
833.9/14
Grade To
Ninth Grade
Edition Description
Revised edition
Synopsis
The international best-seller that makes mathematics a thrilling exploration In twelve dreams, Robert, a boy who hates math, meets a Number Devil, who leads him to discover the amazing world of numbers: infinite numbers, prime numbers, Fibonacci numbers, numbers that magically appear in triangles, and numbers that expand without end. As we dream with him, we are taken further and further into mathematical theory, where ideas eventually take flight, 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 a true polymath, the kind of superb intellectual who loves thinking and marshals all of his charm and wit to share his passions with the world. In The Number Devil , he brings together the surreal logic of Alice in Wonderland and the existential geometry of Flatland with the kind of math everyone would love, if only they had a number devil to teach them., The international best-seller that makes mathematics a thrilling exploration. In twelve dreams, Robert, a boy who hates math, meets a Number Devil, who leads him to discover the amazing world of numbers: infinite numbers, prime numbers, Fibonacci numbers, numbers that magically appear in triangles, and numbers that expand without. As we dream with him, we are taken further and further into mathematical theory, where ideas eventually take flight, 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 a true polymath, the kind of superb intellectual who loves thinking and marshals all of his charm and wit to share his passions with the world. In The Number Devil , he brings together the surreal logic of Alice in Wonderland and the existential geometry of Flatland with the kind of math everyone would love, if only they had a number devil to teach it to them.
LC Classification Number
PZ7.E72455Nu 1998

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