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Using creativity and lightheartedness, Malba Tahan invites readers to better understand the incredible world of mathematics. In celebration of its 100th edition, * The Man Who Calculated * now has a special edition with a hardcover, trilateral painting, a new graphic design, and a foreword by Mamede Jarouche.
In this special edition—with a previously unpublished foreword by University of São Paulo professor Mamede Jarouche—Malba Tahan (pseudonym of Professor Júlio César de Mello e Souza) tells the story of Beremiz Samir and his incredible mathematical adventures. The humble traveler, with his fantastic solutions to seemingly insoluble problems, became legendary in ancient Arabia, enchanting kings, poets, sheiks, and sages.
Using mathematics in a lighthearted and captivating way , The Man Who Counted has been consumed with rare avidity for generations. The recreational mathematics presented in this work is undoubtedly less painful than that taught in schools. Malba Tahan managed to perform almost a miracle, a magic trick: uniting science and fiction. His talent and prodigious imagination are capable of creating characters and situations with great popular appeal, which explains his immense success.
The Man Who Counted is an opportunity for lovers of numbers and mathematical games to delight in this book's many playful chapters. Beremiz Samir, with his intuitive gift for mathematics, handles numbers with the ease of an illusionist and solves problems with transparent simplicity. Figures and tables make this masterpiece of children's literature even easier to read.
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