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Publisher
DK Publishing
Description
In this clever guide, readers previously daunted by algebra, logic, algorithms, and all things math will discover they are better at it than they thought. This resource explores the math brain and demonstrates to readers that they use math skills all the time -- they just don't know it yet. Packed with math activities and puzzles.
42) Bar graphs
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
32 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Author
Publisher
DK
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
160 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Description
From computer games to bridges, shopping malls to game shows, mathematics truly is everywhere. David Macauley's terrific troupe of curious mammoths will lead you through the basics of math, including numbers, calculation, geometry, measurement, and so much more in this highly original guide to math for kids aged 8+.
Author
Publisher
Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
321 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Description
"The Magic of Math is the math book you wish you had in school. Using a delightful assortment of examples--from ice cream scoops and poker hands to measuring mountains and making magic squares--this book empowers you to see the beauty, simplicity, and truly magical properties behind those formulas and equations that once left your head spinning. You'll learn the key ideas of classic areas of mathematics like arithmetic, algebra, geometry, trigonometry,...
47) The zero theorem
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Description
The story about a computer hacker in a dystopian sci-fi world. Living under constant surveillance by 'Management,' he strives to solve The Zero Theorem, a mathematical formula that may hold the key to the meaning of life.
Author
Series
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (some color) ; 25 x 28 cm
Description
In picture book format, Barton introduces readers to the things (and people) that use math in amazing ways--like music, and spacecraft, and even baking cookies. This isn't a how-to math book, it's a way to think differently about math as a necessary and cool part of our lives.
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
351 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Description
Discover more than 85 of the most important mathematical ideas, theorems, and proofs ever devised, and the great minds behind them, with this original, graphics-led book. Applying the Big Ideas Simply Explained series' trademark combination of authoritative, accessible text and bold graphics to chart the development of math through history, The Math Book explores and explains subjects ranging from ancient mathematical ideas and inventions, such as...
Author
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Description
"Written by a math educator, this innovative book encourages critical thinking and sparks memorable mathematical conversations. You and your child decide what to count on each page. You have many choices, and the longer you look, the more possibilities you'll notice. There are no wrong answers in this book. As long as you're talking about what you see, think, and wonder, you're talking math!"--
51) What is math?
Author
Publisher
Christy Ottaviano Books, Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
A rhyming picture-book introduction to math for the very young, with visual depictions of everyday STEM applications".
Author
Series
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish Benchmark
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
31 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 21 cm.
Description
"Reinforces both pattern identification and reading skills, stimulates critical thinking, and provides students with an understanding of math in the real world"--Provided by publisher.
53) Graph it!
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Series
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Description
"Carefully leveled text and vibrant photographs introduce children to various kinds of graphs, including bar graphs, line graphs, and picture graphs, and explore real-life examples of each. Includes activity, glossary, and index"--
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
35 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Description
Relating math to the daily lives of children, these clever poems, accompanied by high-concept art, add up to fun, multiply the adventure and subtract the mystery, fear and loathing from mathematics.
Author
Series
Publisher
Kingfisher, an imrint of Macmillan Children's Books, London
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Description
"Math is all around you! It is the foundation of everything around us and everything that we do. Discover how the ancient Egyptians used math to build the pyramids, explore shapes in sports, and see how nature is surrounded by numbers. Meet the mathematicians who brought numbers to life, then build a city using pi and amaze your friends with math magic by trying the at-home experiments . . ." -- Adapted from cover.
Series
Publisher
Workman
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 volume : illustrations (colour) ; 21 cm.
Description
A workbook that examines mathematics on a middle school level. Organized by key concepts, the text includes mnemonic devices, definitions, timelines and doodles to help the subject stick in your brain, so you can ace your class.
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"These three-dimensional models are created from a number of small pieces of paper that are easily folded and then cleverly fit together to form a spectacular shape. They range from paper polyhedra to bristling buckyballs that are reminiscent of sea urchins?to ornate flower-like spheres."--Amazon.com.
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