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The King's Chessboard by Devis Grebu, David Birch

The King's Chessboard

Devis Grebu, David Birch

32 pages first pub 1988 (view editions)

fiction mathematics informative lighthearted slow-paced
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When the wise man refuses to accept a reward for his service to the king, the king insists and so the wise man asks for a payment of rice for each square of the king's chessboard--the amount to be doubled each day. Soon the royal granaries are alm...

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