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The Number Devil: A Mathematical Adventure
Hans M Enzensberger
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Description for The Number Devil: A Mathematical Adventure
Paperback. Twelve-year-old Robert hates his maths teacher. He sets his class boring problems and won't let them use their calculators. Then in his dreams Robert meets the Number Devil who brings the subject magically to life. The Number Devil knows how to make maths devilishly simple. Translator(s): Heim, Michael Henry. Num Pages: 264 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: YFB. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12); (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 220 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 398.
Twelve-year-old Robert hates his maths teacher: he sets his class boring problems and won't let them use their calculators. Then in his dreams Robert meets the Number Devil, who brings the subject magically to life, illustrating with wit and charm a world in which numbers can amaze and fascinate, where maths is nothing like the dreary, difficult process that so many of us dread. The Number Devil knows how to make maths devilishly simple.
Twelve-year-old Robert hates his maths teacher: he sets his class boring problems and won't let them use their calculators. Then in his dreams Robert meets the Number Devil, who brings the subject magically to life, illustrating with wit and charm a world in which numbers can amaze and fascinate, where maths is nothing like the dreary, difficult process that so many of us dread. The Number Devil knows how to make maths devilishly simple.
Product Details
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847080530
SKU
V9781847080530
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About Hans M Enzensberger
Hans Magnus Enzensberger is one of Germany's greatest living writers. He lives in Munich.
Reviews for The Number Devil: A Mathematical Adventure
'Enzensberger has made Pythagoras the new Harry Potter...explaining mathematical concepts in a clear and highly original way' Sunday Business Post
'Hopefully, Mr Enzensberger's enterprising and imaginative book will play its part in rescuing some of Britain's children from a lifetime phobia of maths' Daily Mail
'Children old enough to have encountered fractions and square roots will be ... Read more