October 18, 2024 8:19 am
Published by priyahpi
This book brings geometry to life with Euclid explaining the principles of Geometry to his friends. Full of fun, explanation and even jokes, this is the perfect introduction to a sometimes tricky subject.
Euclid lived 2300 years ago in Alexandria, in northern Egypt. His was a brilliant mind. He devised a method of learning Geometry starting from the simplest idea - an Axiom - something we can all agree is self-evident.
October 18, 2024 6:36 am
Published by priyahpi
Unlocking Mathematical Magic:
Mathematics is everywhere around us, but sometimes it can seem daunting or disconnected from our daily lives. "Future Mathematician" breaks down these barriers, revealing the enchanting world of math that surrounds us every day. This book bridges the gap between the classroom and reality, showing kids the profound importance of math in their lives.
October 11, 2024 11:48 am
Published by priyahpi
How does 1+1 = 288? A family of rabbits soon supplies the answer in this funny story! Hop along to Fibonacci's Field and follow Lonely and Chalk Rabbit through a year as they try to cope with their fast expanding brood and handle a different seasonal challenge each month, from the cold of February to the wet of April and the heat of July.
October 22, 2024 6:58 am
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This book explores math concepts and topics such as real numbers, exponents, dimensions, the golden rectangle in both serious and humorous ways. Stories such as the parable of p, the number line that fell apart, Leonhard the magic turtle and many others offer an amusing and entertaining way to explore and share mathematical ideas regardless of age or background. The reference section following each story is designed as enrichment information for the concepts presented in each story. Has both kids and adults sections for each topic.
October 11, 2024 6:23 am
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A boy must prove he is a genius with numbers before he can study to become the famous mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss.
Follow along with young Johann as his curiosity with numbers is finally noticed by Schoolmaster Buttner in this delightful and engaging story! The story is fictional but based on real life events. Readers of all ages will enjoy learning a little math and history through fun and informative storytelling.
October 11, 2024 11:59 am
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The perfect book to understand standing six feet apart!
Follow the story about the King who wants to give the Queen something special for her birthday. The Queen has everything, everything except a bed. The trouble is that no one in the Kingdom knows the answer to a very important question: How Big is a Bed? Because beds at the time had not yet been invented. The Queen's birthday is only a few days away.
October 26, 2024 10:00 pm
Published by priyahpi
Filled with humorous illustrations as well as lively and absorbing mathematical learning, this calculus comic book requires only a familiarity with high school algebra and a sense of humor. This book introduces each concept in differential calculus in the form of a memorable character and helps readers develop their intuitive powers. A lifesaver for struggling students and a treat for the mathematically minded, the book includes helpful exercises and complete solutions.
October 20, 2024 3:15 pm
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Évariste Galois, mort tragiquement lors d'un duel à ses vingt ans, a, malgré la brièveté de sa vie, beaucoup fait parler de lui. En effet, on lui doit la célèbre “théorie de Galois”, qui a influencé toute une branche des mathématiques contemporaines.
October 15, 2024 7:01 am
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Math + history + jokes - boring bits = A Quick History of Math. This book begins around 43,000 years ago with a notched baboon leg, the Lebombo bone (the very first mathematical object in the world) and rushes us past Hindu numerals and the invention of zero, via Pythagoras, Pascal and probability, right up to the present day, with big data and the maths that rules our digital lives. Geometri-cool!
October 10, 2024 11:58 am
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Where has everybody gone? Oh! They are busy finding out the weight of King's favourite elephant! Wondering how this will be done? Join Leelavati as she solves this maths mystery for you!
October 16, 2024 4:45 pm
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Sophia tries varied techniques (presentations, graphs, pie charts) to get the giraffe she wants more than anything in this playfully illustrated story about the nuances of negotiation.
October 16, 2024 10:52 am
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In this story, the Elm Street Kids decide to raise money by selling lemonade. At first, business booms, but then it drops off. The Elm Street Kids use a bar graph to plot the number of cups sold on each day of the week and figure out what to do. Young readers may be inspired to start their own lemonade stands—and use a bar graph to plot their progress.
October 11, 2024 6:54 am
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Hypatia of Alexandria was one of the world’s first female mathematicians. Socrates himself claimed that
she “far surpassed all the philosophers of her time,”and her inventions and teachings changed life as it
was known in the ancient Greco-Roman Empire. Hypatia was an astronomer, scholar, and teacher,
but if anyone were to ask her what she loved most, the answer would always be math!
October 28, 2024 12:18 pm
Published by priyahpi
A must-read book for every Math enthusiast!
India's mathematicians have made significant contributions over the last 5000 years. From the ever-popular Aryabhata, widely recognized for revolutionizing the number system and Shakuntala Devi, universally admired for her fast mental calculations to pioneers forgotten by time, like Baudhayana, who explained the Pythagoras' theorem nearly 3000 years ago, and Anand Kumar of the Super 30 fame, among others.
October 9, 2024 12:17 pm
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When I looked up, I shivered. How many stars were in the sky? A million? A billion? Maybe the number was as big as infinity. I started to feel very, very small. How could I even think about something as big as infinity?
