HIT: Fiction on History of Math

[Betty Wolfe <BLWWOLFE@AOL.COM>]

You might try _The Number Devil_ by Hans Magnus Enzenberger.
When I googled to get the author's name, I ran across a page with some
good info about the book
(http://math.cofc.edu/faculty/kasman/MATHFICT/mf20.html). Alex Kasman is
a math prof. and has a whole Math Fiction section at:
http://math.cofc.edu/faculty/kasman/MATHFICT/default.html

Try Enzenberger, The number devil; Tahan, The man who counted.

For easy nonfiction, if weak on the math:
Golden Goblet by McGraw
A Place in the Sun by Rubalcaba
Secret of the Red Silk Pouch by Simon
More seventh grade level might be:
The Thief by Turner
The Silver Branch by Sutcliff
Song for a Dark Queen by Sutcliff

Try "Mathematicians are People Too" in non-fiction. Sorry, I can't recall
the author.

This is fiction about math. A boy dreams about a number devil who visits him
each night and gives him lessons in higher level mathematical thinking.
The Number Devil
It isn't history per se but it does refer to real mathematicians (sometimes
with their names disguised).


Betty Wolfe
Library Media Specialist
Avon Middle School
Avon, CT
blwwolfe@aol.com

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