Makers of Mathematics

Makers of Mathematics
Author: Stuart Hollingdale
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 466
Release: 2006-01-01
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0486450074

Each chapter of this portrait of the evolution of mathematics examines the work of an individual — Archimedes, Descartes, Fermat, Pascal, Newton, Einstein, and others — to explore the mathematics of his era. Rather than a series of biographical profiles, readers encounter an accessible chronology of pioneering developments in mathematics. 1989 edition.

Maths for Map Makers

Maths for Map Makers
Author: Arthur Laidlaw Allan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 420
Release: 2004
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN:

This volume is designed to assist anyone with the mathematics involved in map making. It starts from an elementary standpoint and progresses to give the student a sufficient level of understanding to cope with most topics encountered by the map maker, including those of elementary surveying. The material is in two carefully cross-referenced parts. Mathematical topics and concepts are presented in the first part, enabling the relevance of each topic to be made clear, while the second part contains a glossary and formulae summaries with several appendices.

Math Makers

Math Makers
Author: Alfred S. Posamentier
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Total Pages: 440
Release: 2020-01-14
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781633885202

"Two veteran math educators concisely profile leading mathematicians throughout history highlighting their often unusual personalities and lives while giving average readers insights into the importance of their mathematical discoveries."--

Idea Makers

Idea Makers
Author: Stephen Wolfram
Publisher: Wolfram Media
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781579550035

This book of thoroughly engaging essays from one of today's most prodigious innovators provides a uniquely personal perspective on the lives and achievements of a selection of intriguing figures from the history of science and technology. Weaving together his immersive interest in people and history with insights gathered from his own experiences, Stephen Wolfram gives an ennobling look at some of the individuals whose ideas and creations have helped shape our world today. Contents includes biographical sketches of: Richard Feynman Kurt Godel Alan Turing John von Neumann George Boole Ada Lovelace Gottfried Leibniz Benoit Mandelbrot Steve Jobs Marvin Minsky Russell Towle Bertrand Russell Alfred Whitehead Richard Crandall Srinivasa Ramanujan Solomon Golomb

Figuring Out Fluency in Mathematics Teaching and Learning, Grades K-8

Figuring Out Fluency in Mathematics Teaching and Learning, Grades K-8
Author: Jennifer M. Bay-Williams
Publisher: Corwin
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2021-03-02
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1071818430

Because fluency practice is not a worksheet. Fluency in mathematics is more than adeptly using basic facts or implementing algorithms. Real fluency involves reasoning and creativity, and it varies by the situation at hand. Figuring Out Fluency in Mathematics Teaching and Learning offers educators the inspiration to develop a deeper understanding of procedural fluency, along with a plethora of pragmatic tools for shifting classrooms toward a fluency approach. In a friendly and accessible style, this hands-on guide empowers educators to support students in acquiring the repertoire of reasoning strategies necessary to becoming versatile and nimble mathematical thinkers. It includes: "Seven Significant Strategies" to teach to students as they work toward procedural fluency. Activities, fluency routines, and games that encourage learning the efficiency, flexibility, and accuracy essential to real fluency. Reflection questions, connections to mathematical standards, and techniques for assessing all components of fluency. Suggestions for engaging families in understanding and supporting fluency. Fluency is more than a toolbox of strategies to choose from; it’s also a matter of equity and access for all learners. Give your students the knowledge and power to become confident mathematical thinkers.

Mathematicians

Mathematicians
Author: Mariana Cook
Publisher:
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2009-06-21
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN:

Photographs accompanied by autobiographical text written by each mathematician.

Math Doesn't Suck

Math Doesn't Suck
Author: Danica McKellar
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2007-08-02
Genre: Education
ISBN: 110121371X

This title has been removed from sale by Penguin Group, USA.

Men of Mathematics

Men of Mathematics
Author: E.T. Bell
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 608
Release: 2014-03-31
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1476784256

From one of the greatest minds in contemporary mathematics, Professor E.T. Bell, comes a witty, accessible, and fascinating look at the beautiful craft and enthralling history of mathematics. Men of Mathematics provides a rich account of major mathematical milestones, from the geometry of the Greeks through Newton’s calculus, and on to the laws of probability, symbolic logic, and the fourth dimension. Bell breaks down this majestic history of ideas into a series of engrossing biographies of the great mathematicians who made progress possible—and who also led intriguing, complicated, and often surprisingly entertaining lives. Never pedantic or dense, Bell writes with clarity and simplicity to distill great mathematical concepts into their most understandable forms for the curious everyday reader. Anyone with an interest in math may learn from these rich lessons, an advanced degree or extensive research is never necessary.

Weapons of Math Destruction

Weapons of Math Destruction
Author: Cathy O'Neil
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2016
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0553418815

"A former Wall Street quantitative analyst sounds an alarm on mathematical modeling, a pervasive new force in society that threatens to undermine democracy and widen inequality,"--NoveList.