by Malba Tahan · RBA Bolsillo · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788498670677
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«El hombre que calculaba» is the mathematical popularisation novel by Malba Tahan, published by RBA Bolsillo in paperback (256 pages, in Spanish).
In ancient Iraq, the calculator Beremiz Samir solves numerical enigmas to settle disputes among caliphs, sheikhs and viziers. Each tale combines mathematical ingenuity with a reflection on justice and coexistence, showing that wisdom seeks not power but harmony.
It belongs to the Non-Fiction collection (volume 159). Malba Tahan is the pseudonym of the Brazilian professor Júlio César de Mello e Souza. Translated from the Portuguese by Carlos W. Villazón.
For young readers aged 10 to 12 and for those who enjoy mathematical popularisation presented as narrative.
Júlio César de Mello e Souza, was a Brazilian writer and mathematics teacher. He was well known in Brazil and abroad for his books on recreational mathematics, most of them published under the pen name of Malba Tahan, a fictitious Persian scholar.
