Not Your Average Maths Book
Published on 15. February 2022
96 pages
978-0-7112-7336-8 (ISBN)
Description
Not Your Average Maths Book presents a fun and accessible look at numbers, filled with great facts and fascinating insights into numbers, their history and the mathematicians who made key breakthroughs in their fields.
From how long it would take to count to a billion, to why bubbles are always round, to what the ham sandwich theorem is, this book answers all these questions and many many more!
Not Your Average Maths Book looks at how maths is useful in our everyday lives, from how it is useful on the construction site to how algorithms dictate what music we listen to on our smart phones, as well as setting out a short history of maths, starting with the first written numbers, from 43,000 years ago, through all the major mathematical discoveries right up to the present day!
Complete with a mathemetician's hall of fame, highlighting some of the brilliant minds who have advanced our understanding of numbers, to awards for the most special numbers as well as explanations of what makes them so great, this book will fascinate budding mathematicians or children keen to learn about more about the world around them.
Filled with facts, and with fun illustrated layouts and graphics to help visualise the concepts, Not Your Average Maths Book is a perfect extracurricular companion to help inspire a love of maths and numbers in kids.
From how long it would take to count to a billion, to why bubbles are always round, to what the ham sandwich theorem is, this book answers all these questions and many many more!
Not Your Average Maths Book looks at how maths is useful in our everyday lives, from how it is useful on the construction site to how algorithms dictate what music we listen to on our smart phones, as well as setting out a short history of maths, starting with the first written numbers, from 43,000 years ago, through all the major mathematical discoveries right up to the present day!
Complete with a mathemetician's hall of fame, highlighting some of the brilliant minds who have advanced our understanding of numbers, to awards for the most special numbers as well as explanations of what makes them so great, this book will fascinate budding mathematicians or children keen to learn about more about the world around them.
Filled with facts, and with fun illustrated layouts and graphics to help visualise the concepts, Not Your Average Maths Book is a perfect extracurricular companion to help inspire a love of maths and numbers in kids.
Reviews / Votes
"An excellent reference guide to use alongside schoolwork." * How It Works * 'A brilliant concept, Anna?Weltman?presents a mind-boggling selection of answers and brings maths to life as never before, with detailed illustrations by Paul Boston this book is a feat for the mind and the eyes and a must read for all curious minds.' * Armadillo Magazine *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Quarto Publishing PLC
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 7 to 11 years
File size
59,93 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-7112-7336-8 (9780711273368)
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Anna Weltman
Not Your Average Maths Book
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02/2022
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Persons
Anna Weltman is an author and math teacher, with a passion for showing kids how math is present in the world all around us. She is co-founder of Math Munch, an online resource that provides a digest of mathematics for children and parents. The award-winning This is Not a Maths Book, written by Anna, was published by Ivy Kids in 2015.
Paul Boston studied illustration and design at Brighton University, and is inspired by 1950s children's books, antique maps and diagrams, 17th Century engravings, Gothic art and Japanese prints. Paul's charming depictions of people and places have been commissioned for global advertising campaigns, publishing projects and editorial commissions.
Paul Boston studied illustration and design at Brighton University, and is inspired by 1950s children's books, antique maps and diagrams, 17th Century engravings, Gothic art and Japanese prints. Paul's charming depictions of people and places have been commissioned for global advertising campaigns, publishing projects and editorial commissions.
Content
- Cover
- CONTENTS
- ABOUT THIS BOOK
- WHAT IS MATHS? ... and where did it come from?
- EVERYDAY MATHS How maths is all around us
- A SHORT HISTORY OF MATHS A timeline of big maths moments
- THE MATHEMATICIAN HALL OF FAME Great mathematicians, past and present
- AND THE AWARD GOES TO. Meet some award-winning numbers
- UNO, YI, WAHID, ONE WORLD Counting around the world
- MESSAGES FROM OTHER WORLDS Discover why 1 + 1 = 10
- VERY BIG MATHS The power of (big) powers
- VERY SMALL MATHS The power of (small) powers
- SYMMETRY IN NATURE Compare different types of symmetry
- MATHS IN THE GARDEN What do pea plants and fruit flies have to do with maths?
- ANIMAL ARITHMETIC Can animals do maths?
- MATHS IN ART Check out what art and maths have in common
- MATHS IN ARCHITECTURE See how maths helps buildings go up, and stay up
- LIFE IN OTHER DIMENSIONS A mind-bending look at life in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th dimensions
- FRACTIONS, FRACTIONS EVERYWHERE From fractions in daily life, to fractions in space
- I SPY PI All you need to know about the most important number in the world
- STRANGE SHAPES Wrap your brain around shape-shifting doughnuts and other strange shapes
- MEASURING UP Size up the different ways we measure things
- WEIRD MEASUREMENTS Find out what a jiffy, an olf and a micromort measure
- A DATE WITH DATA Dive into pictographs and pie charts
- TOO BIG, TOO SMALL AND JUST RIGHT What's a mean, and what does it mean?
- WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE? Discover how maths can help you make money
- THE SECRETS OF PRIME NUMBERS Take a closer look at these mysterious numbers
- SHAPES IN SPACE Is everything in the universe linked to maths?
- MATHS AND MUSIC Find out why maths and music go hand in hand
- PLAY BALL! Can maths help your favourite sports team win?
- WEIRD MATHS FACTS Mind-blowing maths facts to amaze your friends
- CH-CH-CHANGES All about calculus - the maths of change
- SUPERSTITIOUS MATHS Lucky and unlucky numbers
- THERE'S A THEOREM ABOUT THAT?! Weird and wonderful maths theorems
- PUZZLING PARADOXES When things are not always what they seem
- WHAT'S THE CHANCE? Take a look at what's likely and what's not
- ROUND AND ROUND Fun facts about all things circular
- UNSOLVED PROBLEMS Mathematicians still don't know the answers to these questions!
- GAMES GALORE Find out how maths can help you win at games
- MATHS FOR SPIES Delve into the world of codes
- OOPS! The biggest maths mistakes in history
- HOW TO BE A MATHS GENIUS Learn some clever maths tricks
- PUZZLE ME MORE Can you solve these tricky puzzles?
- ANSWERS Puzzle solutions and explanations
- GLOSSARY
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- SPHERICON TEMPLATE Is it a sphere? Is it a cone? Make your very own sphericon
- INDEX
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