Education
University of London.
University of London.
He was 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"s 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 later life contributions have been chronicled by Bharath Sriraman in The Mathematics Enthusiast.