Yakov Perelman

Hard Bound

400 Pages

Mir Publishers, Moscow

Have you ever looked at a math problem and seen a story instead of a struggle? If not, you haven't yet opened Yakov Perelman’s masterpiece Mathematics Can Be Fun, which is a playground for the curious mind. Originally published in the Soviet Union and beloved by generations of math lovers world wide.

Perelman doesn't teach you how to calculate; he teaches you how to see. Through brain-teasers, anecdotes, and everyday scenarios, he proves that math is the hidden clockwork of our world. From "mathematical tricks" that will baffle your friends to complex logic puzzles that feel like detective stories, this book turns learning into an adventure.

This vintage classic for all ages ignite your curiosity by showing how measure the height of a tree using only its shadow and a stick, revealing the "magic" behind large numbers and the startling patterns in geometry, presenting how algebra and geometry can solve real-world mysteries in ways you never imagined and many such mathematical adventure.

"A person who is truly interested in a subject does not find it difficult." - Yakov Perelman