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  • Making Mathematics More Practical: Implementation In The Schools

    by Tin Lam Toh, Yew Hoong Leong, Eng Guan Tay, Khiok Seng Quek, Pee Choon Toh, Jaguthsing Dindyal, Foo Him Ho, Romina Ann Soon Yap ...
    The book Making Mathematics Practical (published by World Scientific in 2011) proposes a new paradigm in teaching problem solving in secondary school mathematics classrooms. It is a report of the research project “Mathematical Problem Solving for Everyone” (MProSE), which attempts to provide all the necessary resources for teachers to teach problem solving in schools. This book reports as a follow ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • The Story of Mathematics

    From creating the pyramids to exploring infinity

    by Anne Rooney ...
    Series series The Story of
    'In order to understand the universe you must know the language in which it is written. And that language is mathematics.'- Galileo (1564-1642)For hundreds of thousands of years, we have sought order in the apparent chaos of the universe. Mathematics has been our most valuable tool in that search, uncovering the patterns and rules that govern our world and beyond. How the World Works: Mathematics ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • What Is Mathematics?:An Elementary Approach to Ideas and Methods

    An Elementary Approach to Ideas and Methods

    by Richard Courant, Herbert Robbins, Ian Stewart ...
    For more than two thousand years a familiarity with mathematics has been regarded as an indispensable part of the intellectual equipment of every cultured person. Today, unfortunately, the traditional place of mathematics in education is in grave danger. The teaching and learning of mathematics has degenerated into the realm of rote memorization, the outcome of which leads to satisfactory formal ... Read more

    $18.09 USD

  • The Equation that Couldn't Be Solved

    How Mathematical Genius Discovered the Language of Symmetry

    by Mario Livio ...
    What do Bach's compositions, Rubik's Cube, the way we choose our mates, and the physics of subatomic particles have in common? All are governed by the laws of symmetry, which elegantly unify scientific and artistic principles. Yet the mathematical language of symmetry-known as group theory-did not emerge from the study of symmetry at all, but from an equation that couldn't be solved.For thousands ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • 1089 and All That: A Journey into Mathematics

    A Journey into Mathematics

    by David Acheson ...
    David Acheson's extraordinary little book makes mathematics accessible to everyone. From very simple beginnings he takes us on a thrilling journey to some deep mathematical ideas. On the way, via Kepler and Newton, he explains what calculus really means, gives a brief history of pi, and even takes us to chaos theory and imaginary numbers. Every short chapter is carefully crafted to ensure that no ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

  • The History of Mathematics

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Jacqueline Stedall ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Mathematics is a fundamental human activity that can be practised and understood in a multitude of ways; indeed, mathematical ideas themselves are far from being fixed, but are adapted and changed by their passage across periods and cultures. In this Very Short Introduction, Jacqueline Stedall explores the rich historical and cultural diversity of mathematical endeavour from the distant past to ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • An Imaginary Tale

    The Story of √-1

    by Paul J. Nahin ...
    Series Book 1 - Princeton Science Library
    Today complex numbers have such widespread practical use--from electrical engineering to aeronautics--that few people would expect the story behind their derivation to be filled with adventure and enigma. In An Imaginary Tale, Paul Nahin tells the 2000-year-old history of one of mathematics' most elusive numbers, the square root of minus one, also known as i. He recreates the baffling mathematical ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Five Equations That Changed the World

    The Power and Poetry of Mathematics

    by Michael Guillen ...
    A Publishers Weekly best book of 1995!Dr. Michael Guillen, known to millions as the science editor of ABC's Good Morning America, tells the fascinating stories behind five mathematical equations.As a regular contributor to daytime's most popular morning news show and an instructor at Harvard University, Dr. Michael Guillen has earned the respect of millions as a clear and entertaining guide to the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Introducing Plato

    A Graphic Guide

    by Dave Robinson ...
    Series Book 0 - Graphic Guides
    "Introducing Plato" begins by explaining how philosophers like Socrates and Pythagoras influenced Plato's thought. It provides a clear account of Plato's puzzling theory of knowledge, and explains how this theory then directed his provocative views on politics, ethics and individual liberty. It offers detailed critical commentaries on all of the key doctrines of Platonism, especially the very odd ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The New ABCs of Research

    Achieving Breakthrough Collaborations

    by Ben Shneiderman ...
    The problems we face in the 21st century require innovative thinking from all of us. Be it students, academics, business researchers of government policy makers. Hopes for improving our healthcare, food supply, community safety and environmental sustainability depend on the pervasive application of research solutions. The research heroes who take on the immense problems of our time face bigger ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • The Calculus Story

    A Mathematical Adventure

    by David Acheson ...
    Calculus is the key to much of modern science and engineering. It is the mathematical method for the analysis of things that change, and since in the natural world we are surrounded by change, the development of calculus was a huge breakthrough in the history of mathematics. But it is also something of a mathematical adventure, largely because of the way infinity enters at virtually every twist ... Read more

    $11.39 USD

  • Introducing Stephen Hawking

    A Graphic Guide

    by J.P. McEvoy ...
    Series series Graphic Guides
    'An ideal introduction [to Stephen Hawking]' - Independent'Astonishingly comprehensive - clearer than Hawking himself' - FocusStephen Hawking was a world-famous physicist with a cameo in The Simpsons on his CV, but outside of his academic field his work was little understood. To the public he was a tragic figure - a brilliant scientist and author of the 9 million-copy-selling A Brief History of ... Read more

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