Crimes and mathdemeanors /

A collection of short detective stories for young adults who are interested in applying high school level mathematics and physics to solving mysteries. The main character is Ravi, a 14-year-old math genius who helps the local police solve cases. Each chapter is a detective story with a mathematical...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hathout, Leith, 1991-
Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Other Authors: Hofmann, Karl Heinrich (Illustrator)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Wellesley, Mass. : A.K. Peters, ©2007.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:A collection of short detective stories for young adults who are interested in applying high school level mathematics and physics to solving mysteries. The main character is Ravi, a 14-year-old math genius who helps the local police solve cases. Each chapter is a detective story with a mathematical puzzle at its core that Ravi is able to solve. The author invites the reader to solve the case on his or her own and then explains the mathematics used to find the solution to the puzzle. Illustrated by Karl H. Hofmann.
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 196 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781568814902
1568814909
9781568816296
1568816294
9780429065255
0429065256