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This book just didn't click for me. It wasn't terrible, but it was very slow going. I wasn't expecting it to have so much math included in the gist of the story. I found it be a warm story of unexpected friendship (between the housekeeper and the mathematician), but they discussed math--A LOT--and I found myself frustrated because I couldn't grasp the concepts, nor could I see any reason to spend so much time analyzing equations and math concepts. If there was some connection between these conve
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The author uses a most novel approach to this story. The professor is a math whiz who was injured in an automobile accident. Now his memory lasts only eighty minutes. Thus, his uneducated housekeeper must introduce herself each day and explain who she is. She finds herself enjoying this gentle man whose love is math. He begins to teach her about prime numbers and other concepts.
When the professor meets her son, he calls him Square Root, which leads to another math lesson. The professor is a fin ...more
When the professor meets her son, he calls him Square Root, which leads to another math lesson. The professor is a fin ...more
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