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The number devil : a mathematical adventure / Hans Magnus Enzensberger ; illustrated by Rotraut Susanne Berner ; translated by Michael Henry Heim.
Annoyed with his math teacher who assigns word problems and won't let him use a calculator, twelve-year-old Robert finds help from the number devil in his dreams.
Annoyed with his math teacher who assigns word problems and won't let him use a calculator, twelve-year-old Robert finds help from the number devil in his dreams. The translator is Michael Henry Heim.
Record details
- ISBN: 0805057706 (alk. paper)
- ISBN: 0805062998
- Physical Description: 262 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
- Edition: 1st American ed.
- Publisher: New York : Metropolitan Books, c1998.
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| Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader MG 4.4 4 4 55827. |
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| Subject: | Mathematics > Fiction. Numbers, Natural > Fiction. Dreams > Fiction. |
Hans Magnus Enzensberger is the author of many highly lauded books, including Civil Wars: From L.A. to Bosnia. 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.
Rotraut Susanne Berner is an illustrator who lives in Heidelberg.
Michael Henry Heim is a prize-winning translator who teaches at UCLA.