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Amazing math : numbers and shapes are all around you / author, Lou Abercrombie ; illustrator, Lilia Miceli.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Everyday STEM (Kingfisher (Firm))Publisher: New York, NY : Kingfisher, 2022Copyright date: ©2022Description: 48 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780753478424
  • 0753478420
Other title:
  • Numbers & shapes are all around you
  • Numbers and shapes are all around you
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
What is math? -- Types of numbers -- Numerals and numbers -- Negative numbers -- Using numbers -- Everyday fractions and decimals -- Shopping with math -- The numbers behind a photo -- Building with math -- The story of a circle -- Numbers in nature -- Everyday sums -- How to party with math -- Math and the Internet -- What is geometry? -- Maryam Mirzakhani -- Geometry in nature -- Geometry in bridges -- The shape of fashion design -- Guided by geometry -- Calculator mind-reading trick -- Create a golden spiral -- Playing with pi -- Build the Pythagorean theorem.
Summary: "Discover how the ancient Egyptians used math to build the pyramids, explore shapes in sport, and see how nature is surrounded by numbers. Meet the mathematicians who brought numbers to life, then build a city using pi and amaze your friends with math magic by trying the at-home experiments."-- Page 4 of cover.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's NonFiction 510 A144 Available 33111011048143
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 510 A144 Checked out 06/22/2024 33111010953848
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Discover how math is part of our daily lives with Everyday STEM Math--Amazing Math .

Mathematics is not just working out sums and equations for school--it's all around us and used in everyday situations. From photography and cooking to ballet and fashion design--math is the building block of everything! Discover how watching rabbits and bees developed into a famous sequence, see the ancient Egyptians apply math to pyramid building, and meet the inspirational mathematicians who brought numbers and symbols to life, including Marjorie Lee Browne, Archimedes, and Maryam Mirzakhani. A "try this at home" section shows readers how math helps you to read minds and how a sequence can turn you into an artist.

With easy-to-understand text written by math expert Lou Abercrombie, and lots of colorful artworks, photos, and diagrams, readers can best explore where we encounter math and why it's even important at all.

The Everyday STEM series makes science relevant to tweens. Instead of telling kids STEM is important and is the key to their future success, these books show readers how we use science, technology, engineering, and math in our everyday lives. While the topics sound high-level and complex, this series makes these concepts age-appropriate and accessible. So, while we can't promise to teach 9 to 11-year-olds quantum physics, we can explain in the simplest terms the practical applications of STEM.

Includes index.

"Includes try-at-home experiments"--Cover.

What is math? -- Types of numbers -- Numerals and numbers -- Negative numbers -- Using numbers -- Everyday fractions and decimals -- Shopping with math -- The numbers behind a photo -- Building with math -- The story of a circle -- Numbers in nature -- Everyday sums -- How to party with math -- Math and the Internet -- What is geometry? -- Maryam Mirzakhani -- Geometry in nature -- Geometry in bridges -- The shape of fashion design -- Guided by geometry -- Calculator mind-reading trick -- Create a golden spiral -- Playing with pi -- Build the Pythagorean theorem.

"Discover how the ancient Egyptians used math to build the pyramids, explore shapes in sport, and see how nature is surrounded by numbers. Meet the mathematicians who brought numbers to life, then build a city using pi and amaze your friends with math magic by trying the at-home experiments."-- Page 4 of cover.

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