Math Makers
An entertaining history of mathematics as chronicled through fifty short biographies. Mathematics today is the fruit of centuries of brilliant insights by men and women whose personalities and life experiences were often as extraordinary as their ...
The Art of Problem Solving
As a mathematics teacher, you know how hard it can be for your students to understand and solve math problems. The old ways of problem solving don't always work. Even the most innovative teachers need some fresh ideas to make mathematics something students comprehend and enjoy. Problem solving is the main theme of this new, idea-filled handbook. The chapter authors look at the subject in a completely new light, and the result is an enticing, entertaining, and useful resource. The editors of this guidebook present a host of interesting ideas that range from practical to theoretical, from common to glitzy, that you can adapt for use in your classroom. With margin notes identifying subject matter and strategy type, this book is as easy to read as it is valuable. Full of important ideas on: * Interest grabbers * The pigeonhole approach * Combinatorics, or counting without really counting * Symmetry * Graph theory * Using game strategies Mathematics professionals from all over the world
Fun Math: Problem Solving Beyond The Classroom
This book offers high school teachers and students a broad and engaging look at an often-maligned subject — mathematics. Expanding beyond strictly defined curriculums, Fun Math: Problem Solving Beyond the Classroom explores additional topics that can inspire and motivate students to better appreciate the importance and beauty of mathematics.The first four chapters present novel examples in four integral areas of the mathematics curriculum, namely arithmetic, logic, algebra, and geometry. The last two chapters expose readers to topics in algebra and geometry that have been neglected at the secondary school level. Throughout the book, the focus is on introducing problem-solving techniques that will be useful in everyday life. With over 300 problems and carefully worked solutions, the book aims to foster a greater appreciation for mathematics through an exploration of useful and fascinating topics rarely addressed in the classroom. In other words, you can have fun with mathematics!
Joy of Geometry
A veteran math educator reveals the hidden fascinations of geometry and why this staple of math education is important. If you remember anything about high school geometry class, it's probably doing proofs. But geometry is more than axioms, postul...
Mathematics In Architecture, Art, Nature, And Beyond
There is little opportunity in classrooms today for teachers to explore the amazing applications of mathematics outside the curriculum. This book is intended to show how mathematics manifests itself in areas that most people are unaware of. One can even revel in the history of how our number system evolved and how that has enabled us to define the beauty in mathematics as well as in art, architecture, nature, and beyond.The first two chapters of this book introduce the Fibonacci numbers and investigate their amazing relationships and applications in our general environment. The following four chapters focus on the Golden Ratio and the Golden Rectangle, exploring how they manifest all around us, often hiding in plain sight: in everything from architectural wonders such as the Taj Mahal to coin design, and from Greek vases to petal formation. We conclude our enjoyable journey through these mathematical wonders by considering conic sections and how they explain many aspects of everyday
Secrets of Triangles
Everyone knows what a triangle is, yet very few people appreciate that the common three-sided figure holds many intriguing "secrets." For example, if a circle is inscribed in any random triangle and then three lines are drawn from the th...
Circle
The circle has fascinated mathematicians since ancient times. This entertaining book describes in layperson's terms the many intriguing properties of this fundamental shape. If math has intimidated you, this may be the ideal book to help you appre...
The Glorious Golden Ratio
Provides an exploration of the Golden Ration, maths most intriguing and elegant phenomena. This title gives readers an appreciation of the indispensible qualities and inherent beauty of mathematics.
