The Man Who Counted: A Collection of Mathematical Adventures - Softcover

Tahan, Malba

 
9780393351477: The Man Who Counted: A Collection of Mathematical Adventures
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0393351475 ISBN 13: 9780393351477
Verlag: W. W. Norton & Company, 2015

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Malba Tahan is the creation of a celebrated Brazilianmathematician looking for a way to bring some of themysteries and pleasures of mathematics to a wider public.The adventures of Beremiz Samir, The Man Who Counted,take the reader on a journey in which, time and again, Samirsummons his extraordinary mathematical powers to settledisputes, give wise advice, overcome dangerous enemies,and win for himself fame, fortune, and rich rewards. Welearn of previous mathematicians and come to admire Samir’swisdom and patience. In the grace of Tahan’s telling, thesestories hold unusual delights for the reader.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Júlio César de Mello e Souza, a Brazilian mathematician, published more than one hundred books under the name Malba Tahan. Even after his identity was exposed, he wrote as Tahan until his death in 1974.

Poet and translator Alastair Reid lives in New York City.

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Verlag
W. W. Norton & Company
Erscheinungsdatum
2015
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0393351475
ISBN 13 
9780393351477
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Taschenbuch
Zeichner
Baquero Patricia Reid
Anzahl der Seiten
244
Kontakt zum Hersteller
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