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The Man Who Counted: A Collection of Mathematical Adventures
by Malba TahanA collection of famous mathematical puzzles, taken from a popular newspaper column, features the ”writings” of the fictional author, Malba Tahan, who describes different mathematical puzzles...
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More Joy of Mathematics: Exploring Mathematics All Around You
by Theoni PappasThis sequel to the popular title furthers a reader’s appreciation of just how mathematics is connected to the everyday world–and how a grasp of essential...
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The Joy of Mathematics: Discovering Mathematics All Around You
by Theoni PappasPart of the joy of mathematics is that it is everywhere-in soap bubbles, electricity, da Vinci’s masterpieces, even in an ocean wave. Written by the...
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Mindstorms: Children, Computers, And Powerful Ideas
by Seymour A. PapertThis book is as much about LOGO and programming, as it is about learning and education. It is as relevant for all parents and educators... more
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Falling for Science: Objects in Mind
by Sherry Turkle“This is a book about science, technology, and love… In the early 1980s, an MIT colleague, the mathematician and computer scientist Seymour Papert, wrote about how... more
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Sideways Arithmetic From Wayside School
by Louis SacharFrom the Newbery-award winning author of Holes “Everyone take out your spelling books,” said Mrs. Jewls. “It’s time for arithmetic.” Sue is so excited for her...
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Matchstick Puzzles
by Jack BotermansThe common wooden matchstick, with its brightly colored tip and sturdy box, has inspired tricks and puzzles ever since it was invented. Here’s a collection...
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How to Solve It: A New Aspect of Mathematical Method
by G. PolyaGeorge Polya codified the "common sense" that applies to solving mathematical problems. This book is a classic that was first published in 1945. In it Polya puts heuristics in lay-person terms by laying out four basic steps to solving a mathematical problem, and walks the reader through these steps with examples. more
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Men of Mathematics
by E.T. BellE.T. Bell's biographies of the lives and achievements of path-breaking mathematicians - "... from Zeno to Poincare" as the tag-line suggests. There are 25 biographies in all, from the ancient Greeks to Georg Cantor. more