Zoltán Pál Dienes
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Zoltán Pál Dienes (Anglicized as 'Zoltan Paul Dienes') is a Hungarian mathematician whose ideas on the education, especially of small children, have been popular in some countries.
Dienes' life and ideas are described in his autobiography Memoirs of a Maverick Mathematician (ISBN 1844261921) and his book of mathematical games I Will Tell You Algebra Stories You've Never Heard Before (ISBN 1844261913). He has also published a book of poetry: Calls from the Past (ISBN 1844261905).