계산은 전자계산기가 다 해주는데 산수를 익힐 필요가 있느냐고？ 하지만 건전지가 다 떨어지면 어떻게 해야 할까．<수학귀신>은 수학을 싫어하는 한 아이가 열두날 밤마다 꿈에서 수학귀신을 만나 수학의 원리를 깨우쳐 가는 과정을 그리고 있다.
A fascinating fantasy for adults and children alike explores the world of mathematics as it recounts how math-hater Robert has twelve dreams in which a Number Devil demonstrates the delights of such mathematical concepts as prime and Fibonacci numbers, delving ever deeper into mathematical theory. Reprint.
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.
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