Riveting stories and intriguing facts about the innovations and triumphs of mathematicians throughout history answer such questions as, When did the concept of zero originate? Who discovered negative numbers? and How were geometry or algebraic equations first created? Each story has a list of terms to learn, related discussion questions, and experiments and activities that demonstrate and amplify the story's mathematical theme.
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When did the concept of zero originate? Who discovered negative numbers? How were algebraic equations first created? These answers and more are all here. Each story has a list of terms to learn, related discussion questions, and experiments and activities that amplify the story's math theme.
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KENDALL HAVEN is a nationally recognized master storyteller and the author of numerous books, including Marvels of Math, Write Right!, and Close Encounters with Deadly Dangers. A former research scientist, he is based in Fulton, California.
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I'm a math teacher who bought this book with great enthusiasm. Alas, the author is no story teller and the themes are way over kids' heads. The kind of charm and accessibility that you find in books like Eric Bell's "Men of Mathematics" is missing. The book is aimed at the elementary or middle school student, but the themes are way too abstract. You'd need a background in higher math to appreciate them, as the author concentrates on the mathematical theorems, not the human interest in the mathematicians that discovered them. I tossed out my copy.
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Kendall Haven relates the origins of math in an accurate yet entertaining fashion. These stories serve to help old and young alike to connect with math processes by providing a historical perspective to their discovery or development. While Marvels of Math could be used with upper elementary students, I feel it is most appropriate for middle school to adult learners or interested mathematicians.
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By the time of the early Greek mathematicians and philosophers, positive whole numbers (integers) and fractions (ratios of two whole numbers) had been created. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
John Napier, Sophie Germain, Isaac Newton, King Hieron, Sonya Kovalevsky, Grace Hopper, Pierre de Fermat, Evarstie Galois, Uncle Isaac, Girard Desargues, John Conway, Martin Kruskal, Professor Euler, Teacher Ideas Press, Kendall Haven, Lord Napier, Major Haflen, New Jersey, Colonel Gaspar, Fermat's Last Theorem, Girolamo Cardano, Herr Mayor, Hudson River, Madam Brovinski, Professor Joseph New!
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By the time of the early Greek mathematicians and philosophers, positive whole numbers (integers) and fractions (ratios of two whole numbers) had been created. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
John Napier, Sophie Germain, Isaac Newton, King Hieron, Sonya Kovalevsky, Grace Hopper, Pierre de Fermat, Evarstie Galois, Uncle Isaac, Girard Desargues, John Conway, Martin Kruskal, Professor Euler, Teacher Ideas Press, Kendall Haven, Lord Napier, Major Haflen, New Jersey, Colonel Gaspar, Fermat's Last Theorem, Girolamo Cardano, Herr Mayor, Hudson River, Madam Brovinski, Professor Joseph New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Main Stream of Mathematics by E Kramer in Back Matter
- Women in Mathematics (History of Science) by Lynn M. Osen in Back Matter
- An Introduction to the History of Mathematics (Saunders Series) by Howard Eves in Back Matter
- The History of Mathematics: An Introduction (reprint ISBN) by David M. Burton in Back Matter
- History of Mathematics, Vol. I (Dover Books on Mathematics) by David E. Smith in Back Matter
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