Παιδικό βιβλίο

Παρίσι, 1900
Σε ένα από τα σπουδαιότερα επιστημονικά συνέδρια ο φημισμένος Καθηγητής Χ δολοφονείται.
Οι κορυφαίοι φιλόσοφοι και μαθηματικοί επιστήμονες όλων των εποχών θεωρούνται ύποπτοι.
Ποιος, τελικά, σκότωσε τον Καθηγητή Χ;

Στο graphic novel Ποιος σκότωσε τον κύριο Χ;
η δολοφονία του Καθηγητή Χ γίνεται η αφετηρία ενός συναρπαστικού ταξιδιού
στον κόσμο της φιλοσοφίας και της επιστήμης.

Η ιστορία βασίζεται σε πραγματικά περιστατικά και οι ήρωές της είναι αληθινά πρόσωπα,
που συντέλεσαν με τρόπο μοναδικό στην πρόοδο της επιστήμης.

Το βιβλίο από τον Δεκέμβριο του 2014 κυκλοφορεί στην παγκόσμια αγορά από τον εκδοτικό οίκο
Springer (θέση 17 σε κύκλο εργασιών παγκοσμίως) και τον Ιούνιο του 2015 θα κοσμεί
τα ράφια των βιβλιοπωλείων της Ιαπωνίας, καθώς θα κυκλοφορήσει από τον εκδοτικό οίκο
Kodansha (θέση 22 σε κύκλο εργασιών παγκοσμίως).
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Rights
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English (Birkhäuser, Springer)
Greek (Ellinoekdotiki)
Japanese (Kodansha)
Korea (Darun Publishing)                   

Title: Who Killed Professor X?
Author: Thodoris Andriopoulos
Illustrator: Thanasis Gkiokas

Description
The 2nd International Congress of Mathematicians is being held in Paris in 1900. The main speaker, the renowned Professor X, is found dead in the hotel dining room. Foul play is suspected. The greatest mathematicians of all time (who are attending the Congress) are called in for questioning. Their statements to the police, however, take the form of mathematical problems. The Chief Inspector enlists the aid of a young mathematician to help solve the crime. Do numbers always tell the truth? Or don’t they?

This graphic novel is both a historical novel as well as an entertaining way of using mathematics to solve a crime The plot, the possible motive of every suspect, and the elements of his or her character are based on actual historical figures, enabling the reader to become acquainted with people, events, and theories that have shaped the history of mathematics The educational project on which the book is based took third prize in the 6th Microsoft European Innovative Teachers Forum, a special category in which teachers vote for the best projects.

About the author
Thodoris Andriopoulos was born in Athens in 1967 and teaches mathematics at Anatolia College in Thessaloniki. He also teaches Game Theory in the Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth in Greece. The educational project on which Who Killed Professor X? is based took third prize in the 6th Microsoft European Innovative Teachers Forum in Vienna in 2009. The distinction was awarded in the special category in which European teachers vote for the best projects. The same project also won the Greek Ministry of Education’s “Excellence and Innovation in Education” award for Mr. Andriopoulos, and Microsoft's German website named him "Teacher of the Month" in January 2010. Besides his passion for mathematics, he is an avid bridge player. He lives in Thessaloniki with his wife and two children.