ENGLISH

Fractals, Googols, and Other Mathematical Tales

By Theoni Pappas

Book information

Publisher
Wide World Publishing
Year
2010
ISBN
9781884550461
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
3 MB (3294436 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2022-09-13 07:07:50

Description

A treasure trove of stories that make mathematical ideas come to life. 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.

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