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Loading... The Number Devil: A Mathematical Adventureby Hans Magnus Enzensberger
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Who'da thought math could be not entirely boring or just plain mean? (  ) ShanLizLuv | Feb 11, 2009 |  dfollett76 | Jul 25, 2008 | There aren't a lot of entertaining stories about math, which already sets this little jewel of a book apart. Yes, plenty of books for kids think they are going to teach you something. And some of them even do, sort of. But most of those are setting out to teach you something you will come across in elementary school. This book doesn't teach you any old math. It goes all the way to COLLEGE math-- and yet it remains not only easy to understand, but entertaining and *funny*. I guarantee, if you read it and enjoy it, you will be able to blow away your math teacher. The author, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, is considered one of the great writers of the German language writing today, but this is one of his only books for kids. If you read it, you'll see why he's considered a fine writer. And maybe you'll be interested in some of his 'grown-up' works as well. (  ) shoebacca | May 28, 2008 | I would prefer if it were The Number Angel, but this is still a great book and greatly enjoyed by my children. Though it doesn't resemble a textbook in any way shape or form, it does teach math skills. mwittkids | May 9, 2007 | "A mathematical adventure" -- and what an adventure this is. Aimed at children, the story (in which twelve-year-old Robert dreams nightly about a "number devil" who shows him the wonders of mathematics), this is a wonderful introduction to the magic of number theory, nicely illustrated by Rotraut Susanne Berner. It reminded me (40 years on) of many of the things that I found enticing about mathematics at about that age. [Jan 2001] (  ) pamplemousse | May 13, 2006 |  no reviews | add a review
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