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Publisher
Athena
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (approximately 232 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 viewer's guide (17 pages).
Description
In this landmark series of films, University of Oxford Professor Marcus du Sautoy escorts viewers through the history of this most important of all intellectual disciplines. In a journey that takes him through the ages and around the world, he examines the development of key mathematical ideas and shows how, in a multitude of surprising ways, mathematical ideas underpin the science, technology, and culture that shape our world.
Author
Publisher
Ediciones Lea
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
63 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
"Parents that help their children with their math homework sometimes discover gaps in their own knowledge. They either never learned the same concepts or don?t quite remember the specifics of what they learned at that age. Matemática para padres desesperados aims to help those parents, grandparents and caregivers, with the information and concepts they need to know to be present and helpful."--Amazon.com.
84) Go figure!
Author
Publisher
DK
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
96 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 29 cm.
Description
A collection of math activities that include brainteasers, magic tricks, and mind-reading games. Presents mathematical marvels such as why daisies always have 34, 55, or 89 petals, why all the world's phone numbers appear in pi, and other paradoxes that will make readers look at numbers in a whole new way.
Series
Publisher
Nickelodeon / Paramount
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (138 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Nick Jr. introduces preschoolers to the exciting curriculum of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (S.T.E.M.) that is a hot topic for parents and educators! Join your favorite Nick Jr. friends from Paw Patrol, Bubbles Guppies and more for exciting adventures and lessons in problem-solving and everyday technologies ?́? perfect for jump-starting young imaginations and developing inquisitive minds!
Author
Formats
Description
"This picture book biography follows a brilliant South Indian mathematician whose love of numbers spurred him to ask big questions and make incredible discoveries. The book's back matter includes an author's note, a glossary of Ramanujan's world, and mathematical content about number patterns and magic squares"--
"A memorable, inspiring introduction to a groundbreaking figure in STEM history. Growing up in southern India during British rule, Srinivasa...
Author
Publisher
Ediciones Nowtilus
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
347 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Description
Todos los conceptos esenciales para comprender las diferentes ramas de las Matemáticas: el origen de las matemáticas, el álgebra clásica y abstracta, los números reales y complejos, la teoría de funciones y el cálculo infinitesimal, la geometría, la estadística, probabilidad y combinatoria, la lógica y teoría de conjuntos, las matemáticas recreativas y los mitos de las matemáticas. Una guía para descubrir las teorías y razonamientos...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
x, 340 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Description
An approachable and illuminating history of mathematics as told through fourteen of its greatest problems, Visions of Infinity reveals how mathematicians the world over are rising to the challenges set by their predecessors--and how the enigmas of the past inevitably surrender to the powerful techniques of the present.
90) Sports math
Author
Series
Publisher
Mason Crest
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
48 pages ; 29 cm.
Description
Discusses the mathematics involved in sports, including batting averages in baseball, the win-loss record in basketball, and scoring in tennis.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Description
Introduces the seven symbols and their values, shows how to add and subtract to make numbers. Teaches how the symbols interact and about the bar across the top and the open box that are used for larger numbers. Shows Roman numerals in real life settings: on clocks, in books, and on buildings.
Author
Series
Frankie Pickle volume 3
Formats
Description
Worried that he will not pass his math quiz on Monday, Frankie cannot find any time to study over the weekend. Comic strip illustrations are interspersed throughout the text.
100) Place value
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
29 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Description
"The mathematical concept of place value is explained using a place value chart, descriptions of how money is notated, and humorous examples from a recipe that a group of monkeys is using to make a colossal banana cupcake."--
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