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- catalog abstract "Joy and power in math? Of course! As well as practicality, versatility, simplicity ... and fun. Strength in Numbers offers a highly entertaining exploration of the math we use in our daily lives - from calculating mortgage payments, to choosing credit card rates, to deciphering statistics. As award-winning teacher and author Sherman Stein reveals, math is much more than "a collection of procedures to calculate numbers." It is an essential tool with which to understand. The world around us. And while the relevance of math to everyday life is emphasized, the author's lively survey of such intriguing concepts as "hot" and "cool" numbers, as well as brain-teasers like the puzzle of the Egyptian rope, make Strength in Numbers rich reading. With his engaging style, Stein offers a new appreciation for the amazing properties of mathematics, from the beauty of its logic ("as inevitable and memorable as a Mozart symphony") to its power and. Pervasiveness in our lives. Requiring no math knowledge beyond basic arithmetic and high school geometry, Strength in Numbers is an enlightening introduction to all the math we need.".
- catalog contributor b10982444.
- catalog created "c1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "c1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-263) and index.".
- catalog description "Joy and power in math? Of course! As well as practicality, versatility, simplicity ... and fun. Strength in Numbers offers a highly entertaining exploration of the math we use in our daily lives - from calculating mortgage payments, to choosing credit card rates, to deciphering statistics. As award-winning teacher and author Sherman Stein reveals, math is much more than "a collection of procedures to calculate numbers." It is an essential tool with which to understand.".
- catalog description "Pervasiveness in our lives. Requiring no math knowledge beyond basic arithmetic and high school geometry, Strength in Numbers is an enlightening introduction to all the math we need.".
- catalog description "The many faces of mathematics -- The spell of cool numbers -- Hot numbers -- Don't do a number on me -- Anecdote versus number -- It ain't necessarily so -- The rapid idiots -- The mother of invention -- What is a job, really? -- What's in it for me? -- The action syndrome -- Where have all the reforms gone? -- Some proposals, modest and immodest -- How to read mathematics -- You will never see a large number -- The car and two goats -- Five things you can do with two numbers -- Some sum -- Out of thin air -- All there is to know about fractions -- Is every number a fraction? -- The three sides of a right triangle -- Pi is a piece of cake -- or is it? -- Turning an equation into a picture -- Why negative times negative is positive -- A fresh look at kindergarten -- Zero over zero -- How steep is a curve? -- Trying to find a curved area -- Finding a curved area -- The circle and all the odd numbers -- One thought in parting.".
- catalog description "The world around us. And while the relevance of math to everyday life is emphasized, the author's lively survey of such intriguing concepts as "hot" and "cool" numbers, as well as brain-teasers like the puzzle of the Egyptian rope, make Strength in Numbers rich reading. With his engaging style, Stein offers a new appreciation for the amazing properties of mathematics, from the beauty of its logic ("as inevitable and memorable as a Mozart symphony") to its power and.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 272 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Strength in numbers.".
- catalog identifier "0471152528 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Strength in numbers.".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "c1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : John Wiley,".
- catalog relation "Strength in numbers.".
- catalog subject "510 20".
- catalog subject "Mathematics Popular works.".
- catalog subject "QA93 .S684 1996".
- catalog tableOfContents "The many faces of mathematics -- The spell of cool numbers -- Hot numbers -- Don't do a number on me -- Anecdote versus number -- It ain't necessarily so -- The rapid idiots -- The mother of invention -- What is a job, really? -- What's in it for me? -- The action syndrome -- Where have all the reforms gone? -- Some proposals, modest and immodest -- How to read mathematics -- You will never see a large number -- The car and two goats -- Five things you can do with two numbers -- Some sum -- Out of thin air -- All there is to know about fractions -- Is every number a fraction? -- The three sides of a right triangle -- Pi is a piece of cake -- or is it? -- Turning an equation into a picture -- Why negative times negative is positive -- A fresh look at kindergarten -- Zero over zero -- How steep is a curve? -- Trying to find a curved area -- Finding a curved area -- The circle and all the odd numbers -- One thought in parting.".
- catalog title "Strength in numbers : discovering the joy and power of mathematics in everyday life / Sherman K. Stein.".
- catalog type "Popular works. fast".
- catalog type "text".