Download or read book Another Fine Math You ve Got Me Into written by Ian Stewart and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-02-20 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sixteen columns from the French edition of Scientific American feature oddball characters and wacky wordplay in a mathematical wonderland of puzzles and games that also imparts significant mathematical ideas. 1992 edition.
Download or read book How Not to Be Wrong written by Jordan Ellenberg and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-05-26 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Witty, compelling, and just plain fun to read . . ." —Evelyn Lamb, Scientific American The Freakonomics of math—a math-world superstar unveils the hidden beauty and logic of the world and puts its power in our hands The math we learn in school can seem like a dull set of rules, laid down by the ancients and not to be questioned. In How Not to Be Wrong, Jordan Ellenberg shows us how terribly limiting this view is: 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 the true meaning of information we take for granted: How early should you get to the airport? What does “public opinion” really represent? Why do tall parents have shorter children? Who really won Florida in 2000? And how likely are you, really, to develop cancer? How Not to Be Wrong presents the surprising revelations behind all of these questions and many more, using the mathematician’s method of analyzing life and exposing the hard-won insights of the academic community to the layman—minus the jargon. Ellenberg chases mathematical threads through a vast range of time and space, from the everyday to the cosmic, encountering, among other things, baseball, Reaganomics, daring lottery schemes, Voltaire, the replicability crisis in psychology, Italian Renaissance painting, artificial languages, the development of non-Euclidean geometry, the coming obesity apocalypse, Antonin Scalia’s views on crime and punishment, the psychology of slime molds, what Facebook can and can’t figure out about you, and the existence of God. Ellenberg pulls from history as well as from the latest theoretical developments to provide those not trained in math with the knowledge they need. Math, as Ellenberg says, is “an atomic-powered prosthesis that you attach to your common sense, vastly multiplying its reach and strength.” With the tools of mathematics in hand, you can understand the world in a deeper, more meaningful way. How Not to Be Wrong will show you how.
Download or read book Last Lecture written by Perfection Learning Corporation and published by Turtleback. This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Zen Of Magic Squares Circles And Stars written by M K Joseph and published by Universities Press. This book was released on with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Zen of Magic Squares Circles and Stars written by Clifford A. Pickover and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2004-01-18 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a history of magic squares and similar structures, describing their construction and classification, along with informaiton on newly discovered objects.
Download or read book Game Set and Math written by Ian Stewart and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-02-04 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twelve essays take a playful approach to mathematics, investigating the topology of a blanket, the odds of beating a superior tennis player, and how to distinguish between fact and fallacy.
Download or read book The Magical Maze written by Ian Stewart and published by Trade Paper Press. This book was released on 1998-03-25 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Approaches mathematics using an assortment of puzzles and problems and the metaphorical structure of a maze.
Download or read book Teaching Mathematics in Secondary and Middle School written by James S. Cangelosi and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 2003 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For courses in secondary or middle school math. This text focuses on all the complex aspects of teaching mathematics in today's classroom and the most current NCTM standards. It demonstrates how to creatively incorporate the standards into teaching along with inquiry-based instructional strategies. Using one expansive case study that follows a mathematics teacher through his first year in the profession, the text illustrates how to lead pupils toward meaningful mathematics and strategies for developing mathematics skills. Interactive in its approach, the text includes an abundance of illustrative examples, mini case studies, cooperative learning activities, field-based activities, and transitional activities.
Download or read book Genius At Play written by Siobhan Roberts and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2015-07-14 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monografie over de Britse wiskundige (1937).
Download or read book It s the Story that Counts written by David Jackman Whitin and published by Heinemann Educational Books. This book was released on 1995 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Whitin and Sandra Wilde continue to explore the importance of children's literature in the teaching and learning of mathematics. They show how books help portray mathematics as it really is: a tool for making sense of our world.
Download or read book Mathematics Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 868 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Managing the Mean Math Blues written by Cheryl Ooten and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dear Reader, My fondest wish is that this book will assist you to succeed with math. Feel free to read it in any order that works for you. This is a book for you to control. The techniques and exercises are here to help you, not to overwhelm or discourage you. If you feel overwhelmed or discouraged, back off and return later. But do return. The rewards are many and great. I have included information I have found useful to math students during 30 years of teaching, so pick and choose. Refer to this book when you need a new and different strategy. Dawn Bigelow, a superb third-grade teacher I taught beside, told me that when she went to a conference she wanted to return withthree new ideas.More than three and she would be too overwhelmed to try them. Fewer than three and she had wasted her time going to the conference. Three was the magic number. When Dawn returned to her third-graders with three new ideas, she could easily incorporate them into the classroom system she already had in progress. You have a system in progress for learning. You only need three new ideas each time you come to this book. More than that and you will be overwhelmed. Fewer than that and you will be wasting your time. Modify your learning system slowly and surely. Incorporate winning ideas and strategies that fit who you are and what you want to accomplish. Skim over the Contents. Mark the topics that look the most promising. Chapter 2, along with the list below, can direct you according to your needs. Features of this book and their purpose are: Introduction and Chapter 1: Motivation to excite you and help you gather courage to confront the blues. Chapter 2: Explanation of routes through this book based on your needs. Chapters 3-6: Effective methods to control overwhelming negative thoughts and feelings about math (or life). Chapters 7-9: Self-discovery about who you are and how you learn best. Chapters 10, 13, 14, and 15: Study skills to use in math class. Chapters 11 and 12: Discussion of shyness and classroom/teacher issues. Chapter 16: Problem-solving strategies. Chapter 17: Test-taking strategies. "Pushing Your Limits," Chapters 1-17: Journal activities to help you question, ponder, plan, and evaluate your math life. "Mastering Math's Mysteries," Chapters 3-6: Practice with numbers and patterns. "Mastering Math's Mysteries," Chapters 7-13: Fraction practice to shore up skills that math students tend to avoid. "Mastering Math's Mysteries," Chapter 15: Practice with spatial visualization. "Mastering Math's Mysteries," Chapters 14, 16, and 17: Practice with strategies discussed in the chapters. "More Mastering Math's Mysteries," in the Appendix: More challenging math practice for the brave of heart. Solutions to "Mastering Math's Mysteries" exercises, in the Appendix. This book is not designed as a math textbook but rather to accompany a math textbook or to prepare you for a math textbook. The math exercises here are just for you to wet your feet. Because I know that every math student brings different experiences and needs, I had difficulty deciding which math topics to include. I chose fractions because they are universally avoided and disliked. The potential exists for you to feel terrific soon if you face them. Be patient with yourself as you wade into new territory. Being curious and willing to experiment can help you to swim sooner than you ever thought possible. Use a life preserver when you need it and never swim alone. My best, Cheryl Ooter
Download or read book Design Methods written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Books for the Teen Age written by New York Public Library and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book How to Cut a Cake written by Ian Stewart and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2006 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome back to Ian Stewart's magical world of mathematics! This is a strange world of never-ending chess games, empires on the moon, furious fireflies, and, of course, disputes over how best to cut a cake. Each quirky tale presents a fascinating mathematical puzzle -- challenging, fun, and also introducing the reader to a significant mathematical problem in an engaging and witty way.
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