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Out of curiosity, what were the problems with The Number Devil? I remember reading it when I was younger and felt I had a good grasp on how things were presente
by mdanger 15y ago
Out of curiosity, what were the problems with The Number Devil? I remember reading it when I was younger and felt I had a good grasp on how things were presented.
- DanBC 15y agoJust my personal opinion: I didn't like the way that names of people and theories were changed to other stuff; and it can feel a bit repetitive with the dialogue. I'm not saying the book is awful, and I know other people will think it's good.
- aristus 15y agoI loved that book but you're right. The punny names for things were too cute and did not translate well from the German, despite heroic effort. I gather that they are a bit strained even in the original, eg calling a square root a "radish". To give the puns in Lauren Ipsum a fighting chance, I hewed closer to Latin roots and avoided homonyms and homophones. We'll see how it goes.