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001 ocn752069118
003 OCoLC
005 20220819005539.0
008 110909s2012 caua 000 0 eng d
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019 $a803909310
020 $a1884550630
020 $a9781884550638
035 $a(OCoLC)752069118$z(OCoLC)803909310
050 14 $aQA40.5$b.P373 2012
082 04 $a510$223
100 1 $aPappas, Theoni.
245 10 $aNumbers and other math ideas come alive /$cTheoni Pappas.
260 $aSan Carlos, CA :$bWide world Publishing,$c2012.
300 $a188 pages :$billustrations ;$c18 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
505 0 $aIntroduction -- Numberville -- The transcendentals -- There's nothing negative about negatives -- When new domains appeared -- Not all symbols are created equal -- The day the isosceles triangle made the golden rectangle eat crow -- Little wavelet shows off its stuff -- Math tailors the numbers -- Numbers & numerals try to set the record straight -- What do you mean undefined -- A square is not so square -- Fuzzy one makes itself clear -- Some knots are not -- The dilemma of the order of operations -- Transfinites make their entrance -- Numbers, the number line and all that stuff -- The mathematical taboo -- Is & Os take on the Universe -- How the 4-dimensional cube got its nickname -- What a line! -- The day the solids got truncated -- What's the point of a point? -- Imagine i -- The attack of the locus -- Permutation & combination have it out -- Composites take on the primes -- How the points got their names -- The 2nd Millennium Awards.
520 $aMathematical ideas serve as main characters in brief stories that demonstrate mathematical principles or developments in the history of mathematics.
650 0 $aMathematics.
650 6 $aMathématiques.
650 7 $aapplied mathematics.$2aat
650 7 $amathematics.$2aat
650 7 $aMathematics.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01012163
938 $aBrodart$bBROD$n100293220$c$10.95
938 $aBaker and Taylor$bBTCP$nBK0010148000
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