The Number Devil: A Mathematical Adventure

Enzensberger, Hans Mangus;Heim, Michael Henry

ISBN 10: 0805062998 / ISBN 13: 9780805062991

Published by Henry Holt & Co, New York, New York, U.S.A., 2000

About this Item

Pictorial wraps; 262 pages; tight binding; no extgernal or internal marks; no chips, tears, or creases; text block is bright and clean; first Owl Books edition, 15th printing; VERY gently bumped corners, else in fine condition. Such a fun book! 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Seller Inventory # TP36

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Number Devil: A Mathematical Adventure
• Publisher: Henry Holt & Co, New York, New York, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0805062998
• ISBN 13: 9780805062991
• Binding: Soft Cover
• Illustrator: Rotraut Suzanne Berner
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Issued

About this title

Synopsis

The international best-seller that makes mathematics a thrilling exploration

In twelve dreams, Robert, a boy who hates math, meets a Number Devil, who leads him to discover the amazing world of numbers: infinite numbers, prime numbers, Fibonacci numbers, numbers that magically appear in triangles, and numbers that expand without end. As we dream with him, we are taken further and further into mathematical theory, where ideas eventually take flight, until everyone―from those who fumble over fractions to those who solve complex equations in their heads―winds up marveling at what numbers can do.

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. 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 them.

About the Authors

Hans Magnus Enzensberger is the author of many highly lauded books, including Civil Wars: From L.A. to Bosnia and The Number Devil: A Mathematical Adventure. He lives in Munich.

Rotraut Susanne Berner is an illustrator who lives in Heidelberg.

Michael Henry Heim is a prize-winning translator who teaches at UCLA.