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Author
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
[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...
Author
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"--
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.
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