You are here  Crimes and Mathdemeanors  Leith Hathout A K Peters
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, on  Crimes and Mathdemeanors is a delightful collection of
short mystery stories starring a 14-year-old mathematical genius
named Ravi. Whether the issue is solving a murder, detecting
cheating in a basketball league, or the theft of a moon rock,
the police are always baffled and Ravi always steps in to save
the day, using his superior mathematical reasoning to
characterize the problem and then to solve it. After Ravi
supplies the correct solution he explains his reasoning and the
mathematics involved in terms that even the slowest adult could
understand. He even supplies extensions to the immediate
problem, showing how the same techniques could be applied in
other situations.  Precocious math students will love this
collection: what could be more fun than seeing one of their own
as the hero of the day, and learning some new mathematics at the
same time? Mathematically-inclined a