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Author
Publisher
O'Reilly Media
Pub. Date
©2011
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xi, 44 pages) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
R is a powerful tool for statistics and graphics, but getting started with this language can be frustrating. This short, concise book provides beginners with a selection of how-to recipes to solve simple problems with R. Each solution gives you just what you need to know to use R for basic statistics, graphics, and regression. You'll find recipes on reading data files, creating data frames, computing basic statistics, testing means and correlations,...
1422) Men of mathematics
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
1986.
Edition
First Touchstone edition.
Physical Desc
xvii, 590 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
1423) The joy of mathematics
Publisher
Teaching Company
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (720 min.) : sound color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 173 pages ; 19 cm).
Language
English
Description
Ready to exercise those brain cells? Professor Arthur T. Benjamin is renowned for his feats of mental calculation performed before audiences at schools, theaters, museums, conferences, and in this series, he shows that there are simple tricks that allow anyone to look like a math magician. Throughout these lectures, he shows how everything in mathematics is connected--how the beautiful and often imposing edifice that has given us algebra, geometry,...
1424) The math book: from Pythagoras to the 57th dimension, 250 milestones in the history of mathematics
Author
Publisher
Sterling Pub
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
527 pages, 1 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
This book covers 250 milestones in mathematical history, beginning millions of years ago with ancient "ant odometers" and moving through time to our modern-day quest for new dimensions.
Series
Reading rainbow volume 131
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 30 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
LaVar tracks down, scouts out and sneaks up on math-in action, and he finds out firsthand that a factory -- and life -- can't run without it. Books reviewed include Marvelous math: a book of poems by Lee Bennett Hopkins, Twelve snails to one lizard: a tale of mischief and measurement by Susan Hightower, and Pigs on a blanket: fun with math and time by Amy Axelrod.
Author
Publisher
Prometheus Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
xiv, 420 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"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."--
1430) Finding Fibonacci: the quest to rediscover the forgotten mathematical genius who changed the world
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
vi, 241 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Presents the author's ten-year quest to tell Fibonacci's story, including the project's false starts and disappointments, the occasional lucky breaks, and the unique individuals he met along the way.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"X and Y are desperate to bake infinite pie! With the help of quirky and uber-smart Aunt Z, X and Y will use math concepts to bake their way to success!"--
Author
Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
This biography highlights the achievements of America's first professional degreed female scientist, Ellen Swallow Richards (1842--1911). The book takes the reader from Richards's childhood on a Massachusetts farm where she was schooled at home, to her internationally renowned successes in multiple branches of science. Schools, colleges, and libraries are searching for more books about remarkable, successful women. Richards paved the way for women...
Author
Publisher
Walker & Co
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 183 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"The untold story of Leonardo of Pisa, the medieval mathematician who introduced Arabic numbers to the West and helped launch the modern era."--P. [2] of dust jacket.
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 Launchpad tablet : digital, sound, color ; 20 x 13 cm + 1 USB cable and 1 AC adapter (in case 22 x 16 cm)
Language
English
Description
"Kids will learn many real world applications of math as they work through these games and interactive learning tools focused on time and money."--
1437) Archimedes
Author
Series
Publisher
Bookwright
Pub. Date
1991.
Physical Desc
47 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Examines the life, discoveries, and contributions of the ancient Greek mathematician who introduced mechanics, mathematical formulas, and experimental science.
1438) Eat your smarties!
Series
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 Launchpad tablet : digital, sound, color ; 20 x 13 cm + 1 USB cable and 1 AC power adapter (in case 22 x 16 cm).
Language
English
Description
"Kids will learn how to think about the world in new ways with these challenges and stories centered around science, technology, engineering, art, and math. Master multiplication tables; Develop creativity and problem-solving skills; Learn about polarity and magnetism; Explore building and construction."--
1440) Math marvel!
Series
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 Launchpad tablet : digital, sound, color ; 20 x 13 cm + 1 USB cable and 1 AC power adapter (in case 22 x 16 cm).
Language
English
Description
"Kids dive deep into a world of math adventures that will help them develop confidence, learn new skills, master addition and subtraction, and so much more! This SuperPack contains 2X as many apps as the standard Launchpad; Practice addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division; Learn to tell time; Explore money math."--
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