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Series
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
137 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
Answers to unusual questions, using mathematics. First two questions, as examples: How many birds would it take to pick you up and fly with you?; and, How many bees does it take to make one jar of honey?
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
xiii, 337 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Description
"From the bestselling author of Here's Looking at Euclid, a dazzling new book that turns even the most complex math into a brilliantly entertaining narrative. From triangles, rotations and power laws, to cones, curves and the dreaded calculus, Alex takes you on a journey of mathematical discovery with his signature wit and limitless enthusiasm. He sifts through over 30,000 survey submissions to uncover the world's favourite number, and meets a mathematician...
Author
Publisher
The Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
468 pages ; 25 cm
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Description
"In How Not to Be Wrong, Jordan Ellenberg shows us that math isn't confined to abstract incidents that never occur in real life, but rather touches everything we do--the whole world is shot through with it. Math allows us to see the hidden structures underneath the messy and chaotic surface of our world. It's a science of not being wrong, hammered out by centuries of hard work and argument. Armed with the tools of mathematics, we can see through to...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
viii, 253 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Description
"Simon Singh, author of the bestsellers Fermat's Enigma, The Code Book, and The Big Bang, offers fascinating new insights into the celebrated television series The Simpsons: That the show drip-feeds morsels of number theory into the minds of its viewers--indeed, that there are so many mathematical references in the show, and in its sister program, Futurama, that they could form the basis of an entire university course. Recounting memorable episodes...
Author
Publisher
Highlights Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
340 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Description
Focusing on numerous branches of science sprinkled throughout exciting chapters like Everyday Technology, Amazing Animals, Wild Weather and many others, kids keep entertained and excited as they flip through the highly visual, full-color pages of this how-to book that will elevate their collection of STEM books. Kids can enjoy hours of hands-on fun as they discover how things are made by creating clouds in jars, building model dinosaurs out of marshmallows,...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2020.
Physical Desc
74 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Description
Choose between three unbelievable science statements to identify the true wow fact from the fallacies--and then learn the why and how behind the wow! But that's not all! After each round, tackle a STEAM-based challenge using a few household items and a lot of creativity. And discover even more science fun in the sidebars, filled with brain-bursting facts and figures --Provided by publisher.
"From the creators of the #1 kids podcast Wow in the World...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
288 pages
Description
"The complete story of the universe and absolutely everything in it (minus the boring parts). Despite our clever linguistic abilities, humans are spectacularly ill-equipped to comprehend what's happening in the universe. Our senses and intuition routinely mislead us. The Complete Guide to Absolutely Everything (Abridged) tells the story of how we came to suppress our monkey minds and perceive the true nature of reality. Written with wit and humor,...
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"Move over, Sherlock and Watson--the detective duo of Carmichael and Lennox shows how math smarts can crack even the most perplexing cases. In the entertaining short-story collection L.A. Math, freelance investigator Freddy Carmichael meets colorful personalities throughout Los Angeles and encounters mysterious circumstances from embezzlement and robbery to murder. In each story, Freddy's deductive instincts--and the trusty math skills of his sidekick,...
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