Contributed by Benne de Weger, the Netherlands. “The title may be translated as The Counting Devil, or maybe The Number Devil, and it has a subtitle that. Der Zahlenteufel. by Hans Magnus Enzensberger at – ISBN – ISBN – DTV Deutscher Taschenbuch – : Der Zahlenteufel () by Hans Magnus Enzensberger and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available.
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In the index of the book, “unreasonable numbers” are translated as irrational. The Number Devil arranges Robert’s classmates in multiple ways, teaches him about permutationsand what the Number Devil calls vroom numbers factorials.
Mathematics fiction books Fictional demons and devils Dreams in fiction Henry Holt and Company books books Mathematics education. For instance, exponentiation takes ver term hoppingand the fictional term unreasonable numbers was coined for irrational numbers.
The translation was particularly difficult in that deer required special attention to the numerical aspect of the book. It was ok for me, because I know what they are actually called; however, if a student was reading the book for themselves, they may have issues translating those ideas when they see them in class. Notices of the AMS. Contributed by Sue This book is the best – I am reading it to my 9 year old daughter zahlenteuffel one chapter a day and she loves it.
We read this book to learn and have fun. Mathematical Association of America. I read it to my children as 3rd and 5th graders when we were driving to Nova Scotia.
The Number Devil received mostly positive reviews from critics. He also experiences recurring dreams —including falling down an endless slide or being eaten by a giant fish—but is interrupted from this sleep habit one night by a small devil creature who introduces himself as the Number Devil.
It can be read by people of many ages. Examples of differences in terminology: I just read The Number Devil this summer and am in the process of asking my school to purchase a class set so I zahllenteufel begin to integrate the chapters into my curriculum.
He was also challenged by the necessity to use simple English words appropriate for the target audience of The Number Devil —that is, children aged eleven to fourteen. Contributed by Anonymous I picked this up first of all to practice my German, but was instantly hooked.
Retrieved 7 December Contributed by Anonymous The Number Zhlenteufel was a great book. Enzenberger does a marvelous job of making seemingly difficult number theory concepts fun and easy to understand.
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I did really like the way the concepts were presented and thought it was a great way to get kids interested in math. I frequently re-read it just for fun, and every so often, I’ll get into a aahlenteufel about it with one of my “geeky” friends.
It was a funny and interesting book that made my math dsr daughter think of math in a friendlier way. Contributed by Maria My fourth grade daughter and I alternated reading a chapter aloud every day.
I am always looking for new materials. It helps to capture the magic of numbers.
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I’ve been giving copies in appropriate languages to children ever since. This book could be equally enjoyable to both adults and children and the color illustrations are helpful and artistically appealing. Contributed by John C. Later, on the fourth night, the Number Devil teaches Robert ver rutabagasanother fictional term to depict square rootsat a beach.
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It’s a great book because it is easy to read and gets kids to think about mathematical ideas. The Number Devil Der Zahlenteufel I fear I’m missing something, here!
Archived from the original on 21 April From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Zahlehteufel by Rosy This book is a wonderfully funny way to talk about math.
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At Number Heaven, Robert learns of imaginary numberswhich Teplotaxl describes as imaginative numbersas well as the Klein bottle. It is about a schoolboy who in his dreams meets the counting devil. Robert finds himself at the North Polewhere the Number Devil zaulenteufel irrational numbers unreasonable numbersas well as aspects of Euclidean geometrysuch as vertices dots and edges lines.
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It presents mathematical concepts in an easy-to-understand but NOT dumbed-down way for children who aren’t yet able to read math textbooks for fun yes, there are people like that! This work of mathematical fiction is recommended by Alex for children and young adults. We have the students work in groups throughout the school year on these and then each student is required to write an essay or creative story to explain how they found or tried to find the answers to the questions posed.
Math contests require this knowledge and here is a fun way to present it. Are the concepts such as Fibonacci numbers and Pascal’s triangle merely mathematical “recreations” or are they actually useful for something? Retrieved 26 October Contributed by Benne de Weger, the Netherlands “The title may be translated as The Counting Devil, or maybe The Number Devil, and it has a subtitle that translates to ‘a pillowbook for everyone who is afraid of math’.
Contributed by Nadia I’m a 6th grader and i just love to read this book for fun!!