A mathematical adventure takes 12 year old main character robert through a series of 12 dreams with a number devil, opening roberts eyes to the wonders of math and numbers. Pdf download the number devil a mathematical adventure. The number devil perfectly captures the feeling i had when i first fell in love with math. By rotraut susanne berner, hans magnus enzensberger. Hans magnus enzensberger author of the number devil. Hans magnus enzensberger is one of germanys greatest living writers. Free shipping due to covid19, orders may be delayed. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. For people who have a good grasp on mathematical concepts, this book is a great read to bring you back to basics and perhaps spark interest in the reasons behind why certain principles work. A mathematical adventure by enzensberger, hans magnus, heim, michael henry isbn. Michael henry heim is a prizewinning translator who teaches at ucla. See more ideas about devil, math books and homeschool math. This book lives right in that space, exploring these and many other mathematical. The number devil a mathematical adventure hans magnus enzensberger keywords.
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Enzensberger tells a story of robert, a young boy with mediocre math skills, and his journey through the world of mathematics under the tutoring of the number devil, a blackbearded, irascible, red man. The title of this book is the number devil and it was written by hans magnus enzensberger, rotraut susanne berner illustrator, michael henry heim translator. May 01, 2000 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. Books by hans magnus enzensberger author of the number devil. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. It wasnt the equations or the graphs that hooked me it was the concepts like fractals and infinity and the patterns in pascals triangle that broke my brain and filled me with wonder at all their nonsensical beauty. The number devil hans magnus enzensberger macmillan. A mathematical adventure 9780805062991 by hans magnus enzensberger and a great selection of similar new, used and. The number devil by hans magnus enzensberger, 9781847080530, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide.
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It was originally written in 1997 in german by hans magnus enzensberger and illustrated by rotraut susanne berner. Published may 1st 2000 by metropolitan books first published 1997. Hans magnus enzensberger is the author of many highly lauded books, including civil wars. Il mago dei numeri by hans magnus enzensberger and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books. Rotraut susanne berner is an illustrator who lives in heidelberg michael henry heim is. In enzensberger s the number devil, the boy robert is able to contact this devil through 12 dreams and learns that math isnt that bad at all. A mathematical adventure hans magnus enzensberger, rotraut susanne. 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. In twelve dreams, robert, a boy who hates math, meets a number devil, who leads him to discover the amazing world of numbers. A mathematical adventure av hans magnus enzensberger isbn 9780805062991 hos adlibris. Characters in the book, math devil teaches math to this boy named robert who hate math,many interesting facts about math, and. The book goes through different higher mathematical concepts that grow. The number devil is a story that takes place in dreamland where a child, who hates math and numbers finds out how numbers are essential to the world we live in.
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