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Title: NUMBER DEVIL
A MATHEMATICAL ADVENTURE
By: Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Michael Henry Heim (Trans)
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 1847080537
ISBN 13: 9781847080530
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Publisher: GRANTA BOOKS
Pub. date: 1 September, 2008
Pages: 264
Description: 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.
Synopsis: 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 amaze and fascinate, where maths is nothing like the dreary, difficult process that so many of us dread. "The Number Devil" knows how to make maths devilishly simple.
Publication: UK
Imprint: Granta Books
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