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21) Math
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Mathematics, or math, is the science of numbers, quantities, and shapes and the relationship between them. People working in business, science, engineering, and construction use math on a daily basis. Learn more in Math, one of the titles in the STEM! series.
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The benefits of a statistical equations and answers guide are pretty obvious when one starts to take a harder look at them. The guide is a tool that is used to generate a great study guide from which studies can benefit. What this means is that it provides students with the ability to learn new material simply by consulting the guide whenever they have a question about something. There is no more need to worry about getting something wrong with this...
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Robert J. Zimmer is best known in mathematics for the highly influential conjectures and program that bear his name. Group Actions in Ergodic Theory, Geometry, and Topology: Selected Papers brings together some of the most significant writings by Zimmer, which lay out his program and contextualize his work over the course of his career. Zimmer's body of work is remarkable in that it involves methods from a variety of mathematical disciplines, such...
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Recent research has revealed new information about the Welsh Tudor mathematician, Robert Recorde who invented the equals sign (=) — what inspired his work and what was its influence on the development of mathematics education in the English-speaking world. The findings of that research, presented at a commemorative conference in 2008, form the core of this publication. The book begins with an account of Recorde's life and an overview of his work...
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Apostolos Doxiadis is a writer whose books include Uncle Petros and Goldbach's Conjecture and Logicomix.
Barry Mazur is the Gerhard Gade University Professor in the Department of Mathematics at Harvard University. His books include Imagining Numbers and Arithmetic Moduli of Elliptic Curves (Princeton).
Why narrative is essential to mathematics
Circles Disturbed brings together important thinkers in mathematics, history, and philosophy to explore...
26) Factoring And Algebra - A Selection Of Classic Mathematical Articles Containing Examples And Exer
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This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience. Carefully selecting the best articles from our collection we have compiled a series of historical and informative publications on the subject of mathematics. The titles in this range include "Ratio and Proportion" "Simple Equations" "Simultaneous Equations" and many more. Each publication...
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Mircea Pitici holds a PhD mathematics education from Cornell University, where he teaches math and writing. He has edited The Best Writing on Mathematics since 2010.
The year's finest writing on mathematics from around the world
This annual anthology brings together the year's finest mathematics writing from around the world. Featuring promising new voices alongside some of the foremost names in the field, The Best Writing on Mathematics 2014 makes...
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"Winner of the 2012 Book Merit Award in the Professional, Reference category, New York Book Show" Donald J. Albers is senior acquisitions editor at the Mathematical Association of America. Gerald L. Alexanderson is the Michael and Elizabeth Valeriote Professor of Science at Santa Clara University. They are the editors of Mathematical People: Profiles and Interviews and More Mathematical People: Contemporary Conversations.
Top mathematicians talk...
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The Hands-On! Series is designed with any classroom in mind, aiding teachers and students both in the school environment and the at-home classroom by educating children about the amazing subjects of science, math, art, and nature, and more importantly, giving young learners the tools they need to explore and learn about those subjects on their own. Each project in this book is specifically designed to place the ability to discover in the hands of...
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Bas Edixhoven is professor of mathematics at the University of Leiden. Jean-Marc Couveignes is professor of mathematics at the University of Toulouse le Mirail. Robin de Jong is assistant professor at the University of Leiden. Franz Merkl is professor of applied mathematics at the University of Munich. Johan Bosman is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institut für Experimentelle Mathematik in Essen, Germany.
Modular forms are tremendously important...
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In his previously written articles and books, Chris Edwards has argued that Teaching should be considered a field that is separate from both the field of Education and from the content area fields. Teaching is a field which synthesizes content and method for classroom application. All of the other major intellectual fields have a canon of works which practitioners can learn from and add to, but Teaching does not. The Connecting-the-Dots in World History:...
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"One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2016" Jennifer Beineke is professor of mathematics at Western New England University. Jason Rosenhouse is professor of mathematics at James Madison University. He is the author of The Monty Hall Problem and the coauthor of Taking Sudoku Seriously.
The history of mathematics is filled with major breakthroughs resulting from solutions to recreational problems. Problems of interest to gamblers led to...
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This quiz book asks questions on a diverse range of subjects including math, anatomy, geography and history. Your child will love the challenge each topic presents. You probably might not even know the answers to all these questions so using this quiz book on games will be a wonderful idea.
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This book examines translanguaging as a resource which can disrupt the privileging of particular voices, and a social practice which enables collaboration within and across groups of people. Addressing the themes of collaboration and transformation, the chapters critically examine how people work together to catalyse change in diverse global contexts, experiences and traditions. The authors suggest an epistemological and methodological turn to the...
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A fascinating work containing detailed playing instructions and explanations of 34 vintage card games dating from Victorian times and before. A treasure trove of card games many of which have been long forgotten. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this book now in an affordable, high-quality, modern edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on the history of card...
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Arithmetic is a highly mental game. Your child will be working with an intangible concept, such as numbers. To master the concept, exercises need to be in place. Your child will need you to quiz him/her as often and as challenging as possible. You can use this game book as a tool for active learning. Grab a copy today!
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