Recreations category: 148 books
Mathematics in Nature
Modeling Patterns in the Natural World
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2011
From rainbows, river meanders, and shadows to spider webs, honeycombs, and the markings on animal coats, the visible world is full of patterns that can be described mathematically. Examining such readily observable phenomena, this book introduces readers to the beauty of nature as revealed by mathematics...
by Pierre Berloquin
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2015
Follow the hour hand and minute hand of a clock for 24 hours. How many times do they form a right angle?
Timothy's house has several rooms, each of which has an even number of doors, including doors that lead outside. Is the number of outside doors even or odd?
Stimulating and delightful, this collection...
Mind-Blowing Modular Origami
The Art of Polyhedral Paper Folding: Use Origami Math to fold Complex, Innovative Geometric Origami Models
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2016
Modular origami is the latest craze in paper folding!
These three-dimensional models are created from a number of small pieces of paper that are easily folded and then cleverly fit together to form a spectacular shape. They range from paper polyhedra to bristling buckyballs that are reminiscent...
by Mary Jane Sterling
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2014
A plain-English guide to the basics of trig
Trigonometry deals with the relationship between the sides and angles of triangles... mostly right triangles. In practical use, trigonometry is a friend to astronomers who use triangulation to measure the distance between stars. Trig also has applications...
by Heinrich Dörrie
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2013
"The collection, drawn from arithmetic, algebra, pure and algebraic geometry and astronomy, is extraordinarily interesting and attractive." — Mathematical GazetteThis uncommonly interesting volume covers 100 of the most famous historical problems of elementary mathematics. Not only does the book...
Trigonometry
Notes, Problems and Exercises
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2016
This book provides a thorough, intermediate-level yet concise course in Trigonometry for use in colleges. There are 37 short chapters, each treating one specific theme and containing worked examples and easy exercises. Central to the work are the trigonometric properties of triangle ABC and its associated...
by Theoni Pappas
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 1993
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 1993
Part of the joy of mathematics is that it is everywhere-in soap bubbles, electricity, da Vinci's masterpieces, even in an ocean wave. Written by the well-known mathematics teacher consultant, this volume's collection of over 200 clearly illustrated mathematical ideas, concepts, puzzles, and games shows...
by H. Steinhaus
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2012
“What does a mathematician do?” someone once asked the author, and from that simple inquiry sprang this entertaining and informative volume. Designed to explain and demonstrate mathematical phenomena through the use of photographs and diagrams, Dr. Steinhaus’s thought-provoking exposition ranges...
The Liar Paradox and the Towers of Hanoi
The 10 Greatest Math Puzzles of All Time
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2011
A walk through history's most mind-boggling puzzles
Ever since the Sphinx asked his legendary riddle of Oedipus, riddles, conundrums, and puzzles of all sizes have kept humankind perplexed and amused. The Liar Paradox and the Towers of Hanoi takes die-hard puzzle mavens on a tour of the world's most...
Chess
5334 Problems, Combinations and Games
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013
Win at chess with practical instruction from one of the world's leading teachers! With clever strategies for more than 5000 situations and clear diagrams, Chess is for the enthusiastic novice as well as the competitor taking the game to the next level.
Chess takes you through more than 5,000...
Out of the Labyrinth
Setting Mathematics Free
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
“In this sparkling narrative, mathematics is indeed set free.” -Michael Shermer, author of The Believing Brain
In classrooms around the world, Robert and Ellen Kaplan's pioneering Math Circle program, begun at Harvard, has introduced students ages six to sixty to the pleasures of mathematics,...
by Andrew Steinmetz
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2012
A fascinating look at the history of gambling and gaming, stretching from the modern age right back to the ancient world.
Geometric Origami
The Art of Modular Paper Sculpture: This Kit Contains an Origami Book with Downloadable Instructions: Great for Kids and Adults
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2014
This impressive origami ebook contains everything you need to create beautiful, geometric origami sculptures.
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...
La matematica è divertente
Voglio vincere i Mondiali di Matematica!
Language: Italian
Release Date: May 6, 2013
Come affrontare, divertendosi, i Mondiali di Matematica e vincere!
Con i suoi quesiti e le sue soluzioni, Giorgio Dendi catapulta il lettore nel vivo di una gara di matematica e lo mette in grado di affrontarla con l’animo e lo spirito giusto. Per centrare questo obiettivo l’autore non si limita...