Download or read book Making Numbers Count written by Chip Heath and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-01-11 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A clear, practical, first-of-its-kind guide to communicating and understanding numbers and data—from bestselling business author Chip Heath. How much bigger is a billion than a million? Well, a million seconds is twelve days. A billion seconds is…thirty-two years. Understanding numbers is essential—but humans aren’t built to understand them. Until very recently, most languages had no words for numbers greater than five—anything from six to infinity was known as “lots.” While the numbers in our world have gotten increasingly complex, our brains are stuck in the past. How can we translate millions and billions and milliseconds and nanometers into things we can comprehend and use? Author Chip Heath has excelled at teaching others about making ideas stick and here, in Making Numbers Count, he outlines specific principles that reveal how to translate a number into our brain’s language. This book is filled with examples of extreme number makeovers, vivid before-and-after examples that take a dry number and present it in a way that people click in and say “Wow, now I get it!” You will learn principles such as: -SIMPLE PERSPECTIVE CUES: researchers at Microsoft found that adding one simple comparison sentence doubled how accurately users estimated statistics like population and area of countries. -VIVIDNESS: get perspective on the size of a nucleus by imagining a bee in a cathedral, or a pea in a racetrack, which are easier to envision than “1/100,000th of the size of an atom.” -CONVERT TO A PROCESS: capitalize on our intuitive sense of time (5 gigabytes of music storage turns into “2 months of commutes, without repeating a song”). -EMOTIONAL MEASURING STICKS: frame the number in a way that people already care about (“that medical protocol would save twice as many women as curing breast cancer”). Whether you’re interested in global problems like climate change, running a tech firm or a farm, or just explaining how many Cokes you’d have to drink if you burned calories like a hummingbird, this book will help math-lovers and math-haters alike translate the numbers that animate our world—allowing us to bring more data, more naturally, into decisions in our schools, our workplaces, and our society.
Download or read book I Know Numbers written by Taro Gomi and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do we love numbers? Let us count the ways: They're on street signs and bus stops, featured on phones, thermometers, chalkboards, and scales. They show the time and the date, and help us to measure distance, sizing, and so much more. This spirited picture book by beloved author-illustrator Taro Gomi will charm and inform the youngest of readers, offering them a unique—and useful—look at a key concept we count on. Plus, this is the fixed format version, which looks almost identical to the print edition.
Download or read book My Awesome Counting Book written by Dawn Machell and published by . This book was released on 2016-09-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Counting How We Use Numbers to Decide What Matters written by Deborah Stone and published by Liveright Publishing. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Required reading for anyone who’s interested in the truth.” —Robert Reich In a post-Trumpian world where COVID rates soar and Americans wage near–civil war about election results, Deborah Stone’s Counting promises to transform how we think about numbers. Contrary to what you learned in kindergarten, counting is more art than arithmetic. In fact, numbers are just as much creatures of the human imagination as poetry and painting; the simplest tally starts with judgments about what counts. In a nation whose Constitution originally counted a slave as three-fifths of a person and where algorithms disproportionately consign Black Americans to prison, it is now more important than ever to understand how numbers can be both weapons of the powerful and tools of resistance. With her “signature brilliance” (Robert Kuttner), eminent political scientist Deborah Stone delivers a “mild-altering” work (Jacob Hacker) that shows “how being in thrall to numbers is misguided and dangerous” (New York Times Book Review).
Download or read book Counting Book written by Dave King and published by DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley). This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Photographs and questions present the numbers from one to one thousand and provide opportunities to find and count objects.
Download or read book The Book of Numbers written by Tim Glynne-Jones and published by Arcturus Publishing. This book was released on 2011-06-30 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From zero to infinity, The Book of Numbers is a handy-sized volume which opens up a new realm of knowledge. Where else in one place could you find out how the illegal numbers racket worked, what makes some people see numbers as colours, why the standard US rail gauge exactly matches the axle width of an ancient Roman chariot, and the numerological connection between Adolf Hitler and Osama Bin Laden?
Download or read book The Noisy Counting Book written by Susan Schade and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2010 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While following the story of a boy's effort to fish while many nearby animals raise a ruckus, young readers are encouraged to imitate animal sounds and count from one frog to six mosquitoes. On board pages.
Download or read book Numbers and the Making of Us written by Caleb Everett and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2017-03-13 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A fascinating book.” —James Ryerson, New York Times Book Review A Smithsonian Best Science Book of the Year Winner of the PROSE Award for Best Book in Language & Linguistics Carved into our past and woven into our present, numbers shape our perceptions of the world far more than we think. In this sweeping account of how the invention of numbers sparked a revolution in human thought and culture, Caleb Everett draws on new discoveries in psychology, anthropology, and linguistics to reveal the many things made possible by numbers, from the concept of time to writing, agriculture, and commerce. Numbers are a tool, like the wheel, developed and refined over millennia. They allow us to grasp quantities precisely, but recent research confirms that they are not innate—and without numbers, we could not fully grasp quantities greater than three. Everett considers the number systems that have developed in different societies as he shares insights from his fascinating work with indigenous Amazonians. “This is bold, heady stuff... The breadth of research Everett covers is impressive, and allows him to develop a narrative that is both global and compelling... Numbers is eye-opening, even eye-popping.” —New Scientist “A powerful and convincing case for Everett’s main thesis: that numbers are neither natural nor innate to humans.” —Wall Street Journal
Download or read book How to Count to One written by Casper Salmon and published by Nosy Crow. This book was released on 2023-06-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hilariously irreerent picture book about counting that children will love to outsmart! You know how to count, right? GREAT! There are LOADS of fun things to count in this book. Whales, baboons, rainbows, pyramids . . . There's just rule. You must ONLY ever count to ONE. So don't even about THINK bigger numbers. OK?! Get ready to show off your skills in this fun new counting book! But all is not as it seems . . . is this book really only about counting to 'ONE'? Because there are SO MANY fun things that you could count. But - wait - maybe there's a way to outsmart the book . . . and count all the way up to 100! A fun and interactive read-aloud experience, perfect for fans of B J Novak's international bestseller The Book With No Pictures.
Download or read book Anno s Counting Book written by Mitsumasa Anno and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1986-09-25 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'An excellent introduction to number systems that is a beautiful wordless picture book as well. . . Over the course of a year (each picture represents a different month and time of day) a little town grows up with viewers witnessing the building of bridges, streets, and railroads. . . . Extraordinary lovely art work.' 'SLJ.
Download or read book Number Book Know Count written by Gyan Shankar and published by GYAN SHANKAR. This book was released on 2023-09-07 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on, an interactive learning teaching methodology; this is an excellent book for kids, parents & teachers. The book makes kids learning and observation faster. They learn numbers and counting. In most simple way, it makes kids to know the numbers and their relationship with objects. More so they would feel pleasure to trace numbers hidden inside interesting pictures. The book has well-researched photos making it the ideal book for toddlers and babies to learn and develop observational skills. Pictures includes fruits, modes of transport, birds, animals, baby objects, toys, things at home & environment.
Download or read book I Know Numbers written by Taro Gomi and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A picture book that introduces the concept of numbers, and different ways that numbers are used in the world"--
Download or read book Journee Knows Numbers 11 20 Volume 5 written by S K Jackson and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-23 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Fun Picture Book for Kids Ages 1-5 Year Old's - Learning To Count Numbers 1 to 10. Can you identify them book theme? A fun "Journee knows book!" great book for your kids to help them learn about numbers and counting! Fun book to keep your child entertained while Teaching them. 33 pages 8.50" by 8.50"
Download or read book Moo Knows Numbers written by Kerry McQuaide and published by Calamity Press. This book was released on 2015-11-02 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bright, adorable illustrations make learning to count more fun. Moo stands on his head, kicks up his legs, and celebrates each number he counts. If you and your little one like colorful sea horses, jelly beans, and cupcakes, then you will love Moo Know Numbers! Part of The Adventures of Midge and Moo series. Midge and Moo are best friends. They came home from the hospital together when Midge was just two days old. They do everything together. Today Midge is teaching Moo how to count to ten. Follow along with your copy of this sweet, simple counting book.
Download or read book Know Your Numbers Toys written by Mary Elizabeth Salzmann and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teach kids to count and read at the same time! Know Your Numbers: Toys introduces early readers to numbers by paring them with simple sentences about toys. Beautiful photos and graphics tie the written, numeral, and visual forms of each number together. For instance, one page has a picture of 11 robots, a sentence about them, and four different ways to see the number eleven. Help early learners gain reading practice and counting skills while building an interest in numbers. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. Sandcastle is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Download or read book Know Your Numbers Nature written by Mary Elizabeth Salzmann and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teach kids to count and read at the same time! Know Your Numbers: Nature introduces early readers to numbers by paring them with simple sentences about nature. Beautiful photos and graphics tie the written, numeral, and visual forms of each number together. For instance, one page has a picture of 16 seashells, a sentence about them, and four different ways to see the number sixteen. Help early learners gain reading practice and counting skills while building an interest in numbers. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. Sandcastle is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Download or read book Still Another Number Book written by Seymour Chwast and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2014-01-15 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This Dover edition...is a republication of the work originally published in 1971 by the McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York"--Copyright page.
