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Mathematical Activities
This title presents more than 150 puzzles, games, and other activities designed
to stimulate an interest in mathematics, especially in children from nine to
twelve and older.
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The Number Devil
Young Robert's dreams have taken a decided turn for the weird. Instead of
falling down holes and such, he's visiting a bizarre magical land of number
tricks with the number devil as his host. Starting at one and adding zero and
all the rest of the numbers, Robert and the number devil use giant furry...
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The Joy Of PI
For 4000 years we have struggled with pi - the ratio of a circle's
circumference to its diameter. This book tells the story of pi, from Archimedes
to da Vinci, and from Newton to the Chudnovsky brothers, who are calculating pi
to billions of places with a homemade supercomputer.
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Fermat's Last Theorem
When Cambridge mathematician Andrew Wiles announced a solution for Fermat's
last theorem in 1993, it electrified the world of mathematics. After a flaw was
discovered in the proof, Wiles had to work for another year--he had already
laboured in solitude for seven years--to establish that he had...
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The Computational Beauty Of Nature
In this book, Gary William Flake develops in depth the simple ideas that
recurrent rules can produce rich and complicated behaviours. Distinguishing
"agents" (such as molecules, cells, animals, and species) from their
interactions (like chemical reactions, immune system responses, sexual...
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Godel's Proof
In 1931 Kurt Godel published his fundamental paper, "On Formally Undecidable
Propositions of Principia Mathematica and Related Systems". This revolutionary
paper challenged certain basic assumptions underlying much research in
mathematics and logic. Godel received public recognition of his work in...
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The 85 ways to tie a tie
John Walsh, Independent 'A masterpiece of ludicrous arcana by two Cambridge
researchers. It's the best digest of useless knowledge since the World
Encyclopedia of Fly Fishing.
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WHY DO BUSES COME IN THREES?
If you've ever bought a Lottery ticket and wondered about your bad luck
afterwards, you've had to deal with math. From timing to probability, it
pervades our every waking moment, and even the most crippling maths-phobia
can't make it go away. Writers Rob Eastaway and Jeremy Wyndham throw up
their...
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Mathematics Explained To Primary Schools
This best selling teaching handbook for the subject of mathematics has been
expanded and revised to cover: the latest requirements of The National
Curriculum for primary schools; the National Curriculum for Initial Teacher
Training; the National Numeracy Strategy; the QTS (Qualified Teacher Status)...
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Teaching
Number Sense
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Teaching Number Sense
Since the introduction of a National Curriculum in Mathematics in 1988 the
issue of what arithmetic to teach and how to teach it most effectively have
been at the forefront of public and political debate. This book relates recent
research findings and practical classroom experiences to arithmetic...
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