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5) Anathem
Without calculus, we wouldn't have cell phones, TV, GPS, or ultrasound. We wouldn't have unraveled DNA or discovered Neptune or figured out how to put 5,000 songs in your pocket.
Though many of us were scared away from this essential,
...“A new masterpiece from one of my favorite authors… [How The World Really Works] is a compelling and highly readable book that leaves readers with the fundamental grounding needed to help solve the world’s toughest challenges.”—Bill Gates
“Provocative but perceptive . . . You can agree or disagree with Smil—accept or doubt his...
Based upon the Adult Numeracy Core Curriculum, this title covers such topics as:
11) 3D Origami Art
Easily Create Origami with Curved Folds and Surfaces
Origami—making shapes only through folding—reveals a fascinating area of geometry woven with a variety of representations. The world of origami has progressed dramatically since the advent of computer programs to perform the necessary computations for origami design.
3D Origami Art presents the design methods underlying 3D creations derived from
...Many people take math in high school and promptly forget much of it. But math plays a part in all of our lives all of the time, whether we know it or not. In The Joy of x, Steven Strogatz expands on his hit New York Times series to explain the big ideas...
The National Security Agency was born out of the legendary codebreaking programs of World War II that cracked the famed Enigma machine and other German and Japanese codes, thereby turning the tide of Allied victory. In the postwar years, as the United States developed a new enemy in the Soviet Union,...
Discover the Math & Reading Workbook Series! Our selection of activities and problems provides a fun and easy approach to building math skills. This book contains math problems presented as with pictures and words. Questions and answers are provided on separate pages. Each question page presents a math problem using three different approaches: 1) The problem is written in large, bold numbers on the right. For rapid review, you can use the math
...Art and math intertwine in exciting and complex new ways in Geometric Origami Kit. World renowned origami artists Michael G. LaFosse and Richard L. Alexander bring you this paper craft ebook where folding a piece of paper creates a new and wondrous origami object. In Geometric Origami, the initial folds are easily created,...
Discover the Math & Reading Workbook Series! Our selection of activities and problems provides a fun and easy approach to building math skills. This book contains math problems presented as with pictures and words. Questions and answers are provided on separate pages. Each question page presents a math problem using three different approaches: 1) The problem is written in large, bold numbers on the right. For rapid review, you can use the math
...A comprehensive and hands-on guide to crucial math concepts and terminology
In the newly revised third edition of All the Math You'll Ever Need: A Self-Teaching Guide, veteran math and computer technology teacher Carolyn Wheater and veteran mathematics author Steve Slavin deliver a practical and accessible guide to math you can use every day and apply to a wide variety of life tasks. From calculating monthly mortgage payments to
...In his entertaining and informative book Graphic Discovery, Howard Wainer unlocked the power of graphical display to make complex problems clear. Now he's back with Picturing the Uncertain World, a book that explores how graphs can serve as maps to guide us when the information we have is ambiguous or incomplete. Using a visually diverse sampling of graphical display, from heartrending autobiographical displays of genocide in the
...Discover the Math & Reading Workbook Series! Our selection of activities and problems provides a fun and easy approach to building math skills. This book contains math problems presented as with pictures and words. Questions and answers are provided on separate pages. Each question page presents a math problem using three different approaches: 1) The problem is written in large, bold numbers on the right. For rapid review, you can use the math
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