Category: Gifts under $50
一款經典的美國鐵皮玩具，靈感來自現實中一隻「受過教育」的黑猩猩。康索是一隻表演猴，在20世紀初期獲得全球讚譽。牠會騎腳踏車，並用刀叉進食。這款色彩繽紛的鐵皮復刻版還會算數學！
將1到12之間的任意兩個數字相乘，康索就能100%準確計算出結果。這是一種有趣且類比的方式，幫助孩子學習乘法表。
更高階的數學思考者會欣賞其巧妙的鉸鏈機制，以及康索二元運算成功所需的基礎幾何原理。每個層面都引人入勝。
而且，誰不喜歡一隻戴著領結的猴子呢？
想了解更多這項啟發性發明嗎？請閱讀劍橋大學出版社的《「康索，受教育的猴子」能教我們關於20世紀早期數學、學習與雜耍表演的什麼》，作者為Caitlin Donahue Wylie。
Bought this for my brother who collects vintage toys and he actually laughed out loud at the little monkey holding a fork. The tin is sturdy and the colors have that nice old-fashioned look, not too shiny or cheap feeling. It's sitting on his desk now and everyone who visits picks it up.
The tin litho work on this is sharper than I expected for the price, and the little fork detail got a laugh out of my dad. It's smaller than I pictured from the photos, though, so check the dimensions before you buy.
