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The Number Devil: A Mathematical Adventure Book

Young Robert's dreams have taken a decided turn for the weird. Instead of falling down holes and such, he's visiting a bizarre magical land of number tricks with the number devil as his host. Starting at one and adding zero and all the rest of the numbers, Robert and the number devil use giant furry calculators, piles of coconuts, and endlessly scrolling paper to introduce basic concepts of numeracy, from interesting number sequences to exponents to matrices. Author Hans Magnus Enzensberger's dry humour and sense of wonder will keep you and your kids entranced while you learn (shhh!) mathematical principles. Who could resist the little red guy who calls prime numbers "prima donnas", irrational numbers "unreasonable", and roots "rutabagas"? Not that the number devil is without his devilish qualities. He loses his temper when Robert looks for the easy way out of a number puzzle or dismisses maths as boring and useless. "What do you expect?" he asks. "I'm the number devil, not Santa Claus." (Ages 10 to adult) --Therese LittletonRead More

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  • Amazon

    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.

  • Foyles

    An international bestseller that does for maths what Horrible Histories did to bring humanities to lifeTwelve-year-old Robert hates maths: his teacher 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. Suddenly maths is nothing like the dreary, difficult process that so many of us dread, but a world of wonder that all begins to make sense. The Number Devil knows how to make maths devilishly simple. With fun and helpful illustrations by Rotraut Susanne Berner, this is the perfect read for anyone fascinated by maths - or mystified by it.Learn all about:Negative numbersPrime numbersSquare rootsTriangular numbersFibonacci numbersInfinite numbersGeometryMathematical proofs'This enterprising and imaginative book will play its part in rescuing children froma lifetime phobia of maths' Daily Mail'Enzensberger has made Pythagoras the new Harry Potter... Explaining mathematical concepts in a clear and highly original way' Sunday Business Post

  • BookDepository

    The Number Devil : Paperback : Granta Books : 9781847080530 : 1847080537 : 01 Sep 2008 : An international best-seller that does for maths what Sophie's World did for philosophy.

  • Pickabook

    Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Michael Henry Heim (Trans)

  • 1847080537
  • 9781847080530
  • Hans Magnus Enzensberger
  • 1 September 2008
  • Granta Books
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 264
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