Enzensberger, Hans Magnus.

The number devil : a mathematical adventure / Hans Magnus Enzensberger ; illustrated by Rotraut Susanne Berner. - New York : Henry Holt, c1998. - 262 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.

Translation of: Zahlenteufel: Ein Kopfkissenbuck fur alle die Angst vor Mathematik haben.

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.

0805057706 (alk. paper)

97042448


Mathematics--Fiction.
Numbers, Natural--Fiction.
Dreams--Fiction.

PZ7.E72455 / Nu 1998

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