Number devil: A Mathematical Adventure Illustrated by Rotraut Susanne Berner ; translated by Michael Henry Heim.
By: Enzensberger. H.M.
Contributor(s): Heim, M.H(tr.).
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BookPublisher: London Grantha 2000Description: ill. ; col: 24 cm: 263p.ISBN: 1862073910.Subject(s): Berne,R.S (illustrator) | Mathematics -- Fiction. Mathematics. Mathematics -- FictionDDC classification: 834.914 Enz/Num Summary: 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 fascinate and amaze, where maths is nothing like the dreary, difficulty process that so many of us dread. The Number Devil knows how to make maths devilishly simple.̀
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Translated from the German.
it includes index p.255-262
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 fascinate and amaze, where maths is nothing like the dreary, difficulty process that so many of us dread. The Number Devil knows how to make maths devilishly simple.̀
