Words and Worlds
Author | : |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 390 |
Release | : 2009-01-01 |
ISBN-13 | : 9789087909383 |
ISBN-10 | : 9087909381 |
Rating | : 4/5 (81 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Words and Worlds by :
Download or read book Words and Worlds written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: n this book, the reader is invited to enter a strange world in which you can tell the age of the captain by counting the animals on his ship, where runners do not get tired, and where water gets hotter when you add it to other water. It is the world of a curious genre, known as "word problems" or "story problems".