Zoltán Pál Dienes

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 second monograph of The Montana Mathematics Enthusiast.

Zoltán Pál Dienes studied at University of London, Piarist Gymnasium of Budapest and Dartington Hall School. The recorded working language is English, Hungarian and Italian. Employment is recorded with University of Sherbrooke, Highgate School and Dartington Hall School. Works named in the authority record are Base ten blocks. Distinctions recorded are honorary doctor of the University of Exeter and honorary doctor of Caen University.

His publications include; • Concept Formation and Personality (1959) • The Power of Mathematics (1964) • An Experimental Study of Mathematics Learning (1964) • Concept Formation and Personality (1965) • Mathematics in the primary school (1966) • Geometry Through Transformations: Groups and Coordinates (1967) with Edward William Golding • Mathematics through the senses, games, dance and art (1973) • The six stages in the process of learning mathematics (1973) • Learning Logic Logical Games (1974) with Edward William Golding • Memoirs of a Maverick Mathematician (1999) • Calls from the past (2000) • I Will Tell You Algebra Stories You've Never Heard Before (2003) • Building Up Mathematics • Learning Logic, Logical Games with E W Golding • The six stages in the process of learning mathematics with P L Seaborne