Figuring: The Joy of Numbers (PocketBook)

At three I fell in love with numbers. It was sheer ecstasy for me to do sums and get the right answers. Numbers were toys with which I could play. In them I found emotional security; two plus two always made, and would always make , four - no matter how the world changed.

My interest grew with age. I took immense delight in  working our huge problems mentally - sometimes even faster than electronic calculating machines and computers.