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The Mathemagician's Apprentice (Maths adventures) by B. Boyd
Hardcover
First published November 15, 2000
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Brian Boyd
71 books55 followersBrian Boyd (b.1952) is known primarily as an expert on the life and works of author Vladimir Nabokov and on literature and evolution. He is University Distinguished Professor in the Department of English at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.
In 1979, after Boyd completed a PhD at the University of Toronto with a dissertation on Nabokov's novel Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle , he took up a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Auckland (appointed as lecturer in English in 1980). Also in 1979, Nabokov’s widow, Véra, invited Boyd to catalog her husband's archives, a task which he completed in 1981.
While Nabokov’s Ada: The Place of Consciousness (1985; rev. 2001), was considered as "an instant classic," Vladimir Nabokov: The Russian Years (1990) and Vladimir Nabokov: The American Years (1991) have won numerous awards and been translated into seven languages. In 2009 he published On the Origin of Stories: Evolution, Cognition and Fiction, often compared in scope with Northrop Frye's Anatomy of Criticism (1957).
In 1979, after Boyd completed a PhD at the University of Toronto with a dissertation on Nabokov's novel Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle , he took up a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Auckland (appointed as lecturer in English in 1980). Also in 1979, Nabokov’s widow, Véra, invited Boyd to catalog her husband's archives, a task which he completed in 1981.
While Nabokov’s Ada: The Place of Consciousness (1985; rev. 2001), was considered as "an instant classic," Vladimir Nabokov: The Russian Years (1990) and Vladimir Nabokov: The American Years (1991) have won numerous awards and been translated into seven languages. In 2009 he published On the Origin of Stories: Evolution, Cognition and Fiction, often compared in scope with Northrop Frye's Anatomy of Criticism (1957).
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January 3, 2013
The book takes readers on an adventure that used the times tables to answer maths problems. The book is accompanied by an interactive CD-ROM which holds all of the maths problems. The book is more the story.
I found both the book and CD really fun and I liked following them both. Although the CD did get very annoying as I found myself having to complete the same puzzles over and over again to progress further. I am sure that this will be a great learning tool for Key Stage 2 children.
The illustrations both in the book and on the CD were very vibrant and enticing. The puzzle with the fox I found the hardest as I didn’t fully understand what I had to do.
I enjoyed this book and I think that as a learning tool it is excellent.
I found both the book and CD really fun and I liked following them both. Although the CD did get very annoying as I found myself having to complete the same puzzles over and over again to progress further. I am sure that this will be a great learning tool for Key Stage 2 children.
The illustrations both in the book and on the CD were very vibrant and enticing. The puzzle with the fox I found the hardest as I didn’t fully understand what I had to do.
I enjoyed this book and I think that as a learning tool it is excellent.
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