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The characters have no names. There is the housekeeper, her son and the professor. And, the author uses a novel approach for 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 fine teacher, encouraging but not critical. No one can make a mistake. He urges the housekeeper and her son to make leaps of intuition about math. Just think about it he says. She grows to enjoy math, a subject she one detested. So does her son.
When the professor learns about the son's love of baseball other math lessons emerge as he describes the mathematics of the playing field, how fast balls move, and more. They grow to love the dear man. A gentle story told in a poetic, lyrical way. Very nice.
When the professor meets her son, he calls him Square Root, which leads to another math lesson. The professor is a fine teacher, encouraging but not critical. No one can make a mistake. He urges the housekeeper and her son to make leaps of intuition about math. Just think about it he says. She grows to enjoy math, a subject she one detested. So does her son.
When the professor learns about the son's love of baseball other math lessons emerge as he describes the mathematics of the playing field, how fast balls move, and more. They grow to love the dear man. A gentle story told in a poetic, lyrical way. Very nice.
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