The Man Who Counted - A Collection of Mathematical Adventures

A collection of famous mathematical puzzles, taken from a popular newspaper column, features the "writings" of the fictional author, Malba Tahan, who describes different mathematical puzzles and solutions applied to real situations. Simultaneous.

Info autore

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Patricia Reid Baquero, Leslie Clark, Alastair Reid, Malba Tahan
• Con la collaborazione di: Patricia Reid Baquero (Illustrazione), Baquero Patricia Reid (Illustrazione), Leslie Clark (Traduzione), Clark Leslie (Traduzione), Alastair Reid (Traduzione)
• Editore: Norton and Co Ltd
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 28.04.2015
• EAN: 9780393351477
• ISBN: 978-0-393-35147-7
• Dimensioni: 175 mm x 178 mm x 17 mm
• Categorie: Saggistica > Natura, tecnica > Scienze naturali; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Scienze naturali, tematiche generali; Indoor games, GAMES & ACTIVITIES / General, Popular mathematics