{"product_id":"the-number-devil-hans-magnus-enzensberger-9780805062991","title":"The Number Devil: A Mathematical Adventure","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe international best-seller that makes mathematics a thrilling exploration\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHans 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Number Devil\u003c\/i\u003e, he brings together the surreal logic of \u003ci\u003eAlice in Wonderland\u003c\/i\u003e and the existential geometry of \u003ci\u003eFlatland \u003c\/i\u003ewith the kind of math everyone would love, if only they had a number devil to teach them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hans Magnus Enzensberger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0805062998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780805062991\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Holt McDougal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 6.25w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 4.4\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 4\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Middle Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e55827 \/ Number Devil: A Mathematical Adventure\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/22\/2000 pg. 95\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2000","brand":"Hans Magnus Enzensberger","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44050034688255,"sku":"9780805062991","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6d6dd41a-73e5-46d6-9c8c-abc678b828d1.jpg?v=1685004822","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-number-devil-hans-magnus-enzensberger-9780805062991","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}