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This delightfully silly story picks up where Goldilocks and the Three Bears left off. Goldilocks visits family in the city, but can't remember which apartment they live in. As she knocks on several doors, she meets a forest's worth of wild animal neighbors, and her newly learned manners are put to the test! Will she remember the lessons she learned from the three bears? This short, 32-page chapter book features colorful, lively illustrations and will...
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Students will learn factors and multiples while reading about Dia de los Muertos: the Day of the Dead. This book seamlessly integrates the teaching of math and reading, and uses real-world examples to teach math concepts. The challenging practice problems, graphs, and sidebars provide many opportunities for students to practice their developing math skills, and apply what they've learned to their daily lives. Text features include captions, a glossary,...
3103) Después de la escuela
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Learn the basics of nonstandard measurement after school! This book has been translated into Spanish and shows young readers that they can measure all sorts of after-school activities with nonstandard measurements. A violin is five hands long! A piano is six shoes tall! These fun measurement examples, along with engaging "You Try It!" problems, will encourage children to measure their after-school activities and will improve their understanding of...
3104) Again, Essie?
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Celebrate diversity, math, and the power of storytelling!
Rafael wants to protect his toys from his little sister, Essie. Gathering materials from around the house, he builds a wall tall enough and wide enough to keep her out. But will it be strong enough? And what does Essie really want? A playful exploration of physical space and geometry, featuring Chicanx (Mexican American) characters and a glossary of Spanish words.
Storytelling Math celebrates...
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José Ferreirós is professor of logic and philosophy of science at the University of Seville in Spain. He is the author of Labyrinth of Thought: A History of Set Theory and Its Role in Modern Mathematics and the coeditor of The Architecture of Modern Mathematics: Essays in History and Philosophy.
This book presents a new approach to the epistemology of mathematics by viewing mathematics as a human activity whose knowledge is intimately linked with...
3106) Patterns at School
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This Level 2 guided reader illustrates examples of patterns found in school buildings and materials. Students will develop word recognition and reading skills while learning to identify how repeating shapes, colors, or lines form a pattern.
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At its core, economics is about making decisions. In the history of economic thought, great intellectual prowess has been exerted toward devising exquisite theories of optimal decision making in situations of constraint, risk, and scarcity. Yet not all of our choices are purely logical, and so there is a longstanding tension between those emphasizing the rational and irrational sides of human behavior. One strand develops formal models of rational...
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People with Type 1 diabetes use ratios every day. An insulin-to-carb ratio lets them know how much insulin they will need for meals and physical activities. Learn what it's like to live with this disease and gain an understanding of the importance of ratios! Packed with factual information and high-interest content, this nonfiction math book uses real-world examples of problem solving to build students' math and reading skills. Let's Explore Math...
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"Winner of the 2006 Book Award, Mathematics/Computer Science category, Alpha Sigma Nu, and the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities" Bettye Anne Case is Olga Larson Professor of Mathematics at Florida State University. Anne M. Leggett is Associate Professor of Mathematics at Loyola University, Chicago.
Sophie Germain taught herself mathematics by candlelight, huddled in her bedclothes. Ada Byron Lovelace anticipated aspects of general-purpose...
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William R. Newman is Distinguished Professor and Ruth N. Halls Professor in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine at Indiana University. His many books include Atoms and Alchemy: Chymistry and the Experimental Origins of the Scientific Revolution and Promethean Ambitions: Alchemy and the Quest to Perfect Nature. He lives in Bloomington, Indiana.
A book that finally demystifies Newton's experiments in alchemy
When Isaac...
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Learn the basics of nonstandard measurement after school! This book has been translated into Spanish and shows young readers that they can measure all sorts of after school activities with nonstandard measurements. A violin is five hands long! A piano is six shoes tall! These fun measurement examples, along with engaging "You Try It!" problems, will encourage children to measure their after school activities and will improve their understanding of...
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Discover the intricate world of modular Kusudama paper folding!
Kusudama are elaborate geodesic spheres assembled from many small folded pieces of paper. They were originally used to hold incense in Japanese Buddhist temples. Modern Kusudama consist of dozens of colorful papers folded and fitted together to form ornate spherical sculptures.
In this exciting new book, master paper folder Byriah Loper presents 29 of his own original and spectacular...
3114) Trip the Math Fantastic
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In Trip the Math Fantastic, you will journey into the hearts of people who yearn to define, predict, and perhaps understand the universe, yet struggle with anxiety, shame, loneliness, and a driving desire to do the right thing.
These are the heroes of Trip the Math Fantastic:
Evelyn-a retired astronaut and mathematician-faces horrific conditions to guide humankind's last attempt at redemption on a journey that will outlast every earthly trace...
3115) It All Adds Up
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From Aristotle to Ada Lovelace: a brief history of the mathematical ideas that have forever changed the world and the everyday people and pioneers behind them. The story of our best invention yet. From our ability to calculate the passing of time to the algorithms that control computers and much else in our lives, numbers are everywhere. They are so indispensable that we forget how fundamental they are to our way of life. In this international bestseller,...
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A fast-food chain once tried to compete with McDonald's quarter-pounder by introducing a third-pound hamburger-only for it to flop when consumers thought a third pound was less than a quarter pound because three is less than four. Separately, a rash of suicides by teenagers who played Dungeons and Dragons caused a panic in parents and the media. They thought D&D was causing teenage suicides-when in fact teenage D&D players died by suicide at a much...
3117) Breakfast by the Numbers
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Readers will learn that a good breakfast is essential to good health. Healthy breakfast options are discussed along with ways to use real world math to make smarter choices for breakfast!
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Everyone knows about Saturn's rings. Meanwhile, the rings of Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune don't get the attention they deserve. Learn how each planet's rings were formed, what they are made of, and how old they are. Packed with factual information and high-interest content, this nonfiction math book uses real-world examples of problem solving to build students' math and reading skills. Let's Explore Math sidebars feature math questions that challenge...
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Lawrence Weinstein is University Professor of Physics at Old Dominion University. He is the coauthor of Guesstimation: Solving the World's Problems on the Back of a Cocktail Napkin (Princeton). Patricia Edwards is senior lecturer in art at Old Dominion University. A graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, she lives in Norfolk, Virginia.
Simple and effective techniques for quickly estimating virtually anything
Guesstimation 2.0 reveals the...
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A trip to Komodo national park becomes an adventure in learning math! Learn about the fascinating Komodo dragon while practicing operations with whole numbers. Packed with factual information and high-interest content, this nonfiction math book uses real-world examples of problem solving to build students' math and reading skills. Let's Explore Math sidebars feature math questions that challenge students to develop their math skills. A problem-solving...
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