The Man Who Counted

A Collection of Mathematical Adventures

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Author:

Tahan, Malba

Illustrator:

Baquero, Patricia Reid

Translator:

Clark, Leslie
Reid, Alastair

ISBN:

978-0-393-30934-8

Publication Date:

Feb 1993

Publisher:

W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated

Book Format:

Paperback

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Book Description:

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

Book Details

Pages:	256
Detailed Subjects:	Mathematics / Recreations & Games
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):	17.78 x 17.78 x 1.778 cm
Book Weight:	0.318 Kilograms

Author Biography

Tahan, Malba (Author)

Alastair Reid was born in Galloway, Scotland on March 22, 1926. He was a poet, translator, and essayist. He wrote more than a 100 articles and poems for The New Yorker, beginning in 1943 and ending in 2004. He translated the works of Jorge Luis Borges and Pablo Neruda. He was the author of several collections of poetry including Oddments Inklings Omens Moments, Passwords, Weathering, Inside Out, and Outside In. He died on September 21, 2014 at the age of 88.

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