Zoltán Pál Dienes

Who is Zoltán Pál Dienes?

Zoltán Pál Dienes is a Hungarian mathematician whose ideas on the education have been popular in some countries. He is a world-famous theorist and tireless practitioner of the "new mathematics" - an approach to mathematics learning that uses games, songs and dance to make it more appealing to children.

Dienes' life and ideas are described in his autobiography, Memoirs of a Maverick Mathematician, and his book of mathematical games, I Will Tell You Algebra Stories You've Never Heard Before. He has also published a book of poetry, Calls from the Past.

His latter life contributions have been chronicled by Bharath Sriraman in The Mathematics Enthusiast.