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Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
288 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Description
"In How to Bake Pi, math professor Eugenia Cheng provides an accessible introduction to the logic and beauty of mathematics, powered, unexpectedly, by insights from the kitchen: we learn, for example, how the béchamel in a lasagna can be a lot like the number 5, and why making a good custard proves that math is easy but life is hard."--Publisher description.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
351 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Description
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 prehistoric tally bones and Sumerian multiplication tables, through the developments in mathematics during medieval and Renaissance Europe, to the more recent rise of game...
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
Description
"Defining infinity is difficult. But there is one thing people do every day that leads to infinity counting. No matter what large number you name, there is always a larger number. By reading this book, kids can begin to think about this and other powerful ideas involving infinity, including how infinity relates to rocket science. Featuring clear text and beautiful photographs, this is an excellent choice for kids who want to delve deeper into math...
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Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
127 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Description
"In soccer, numbers are everywhere! So lace up your cleats and get ready to be wowed by all the stats, digits, and dimensions you'll need to become the cleverest kicker out there!" -- Back cover.
"Information about soccer and soccer players incorporating math into the game, for children"--
11) Count on me
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm
Description
A young girl explains why she loves math and how she finds it in her everyday life.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Description
"Every page of this innovative picture book contains a thoughtfully designed set of four shapes and the question 'Which one doesn't belong?' Each of the shapes could be a correct answer to the question. Because there is no one right answer, children naturally shift their focus to justifications and arguments based on the shapes' geometric properties."--
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Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Description
"Build, balance, count - question, estimate, measure - predict, crash, and build again with Elephant and a bucket full of blocks. Follow along as Elephant goes through the ups and downs of creating something new and finally celebrates the job of pride and success"--Jacket.
Author
Pub. Date
2021
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Description
The true story of Maryam Mirzakhani, an Iranian girl whose creativity and love of stories helped her and the world see math in a new way, and who was the only woman ever to win the Fields Medal, the most prestigious honor in mathematics.
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 24 cm
Description
A crew of hungry kittens and their captain head to the lake to catch some dinner, but the fish have surprises in store for them. Even before the cats encounter the fish, they run into trouble. What happens when confused kitties paddle every which way? Or when they all lean in the same direction? A pattern is needed to avoid a catastrophe! Patterns are the foundation on which math is built. Using rhythm, wordplay, and countable characters, CATastrophe!...
Author
Series
STEAM tales volume 2
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
143 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 23 cm.
Description
This is the classic adventure story written by Jules Verne about Phileas Fogg and his French valet attempting to travel around the world in 80 days adapted with STEAM related activities at the end of each chapter.
Author
Series
Babymouse volume 11
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
91 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 18 cm.
Description
An imaginative mouse who likes to read heroic fantasy novels finds herself on the school math team as it prepares to compete for the coveted Golden Slide Rule.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
When asked simple questions about global trends -- what percentage of the world's population live in poverty; why the world's population is increasing; how many girls finish school -- we systematically get the answers wrong. So wrong that a chimpanzee choosing answers at random will consistently outguess teachers, journalists, Nobel laureates, and investment bankers. Professor and TED presenter Hans Rosling, together with his two long-time collaborators,...
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