What do you get when you cross
One Thousand and One Nights with a teacher in Rio de Janeiro, magic squares, and a camel's ear? Well, you get 1932's
O Homem que Calculava (The Man Who Counted), one of the most popular books in Brazil, and its author, Ali Iezid Izz-Edim ibn Salim Hank Malba Tahan, aka just plain Malba Tahan, who was really Julio Cesar de Mello e Souza. Duh!:
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-27254747
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