Zoltán Pál Dienes

Zoltán Pál Dienes, anglicized as Zoltan Paul Dienes, was a Hungarian mathematician whose ideas on education have been popular in some countries. He was a world-famous theorist and tireless practitioner of the "new mathematics": an approach to mathematics learning that uses games, songs, and dance to make it more appealing to children. He is credited with the creation of base ten blocks, popularly referred to as Dienes blocks.