Math Stuff (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781884550263)

Whether it's stuff in your kitchen or garden, stuff that powers your car or your body, stuff that helps you work, communicate or play, or stuff that you've never heard of you can bet that mathematics is there.

MATH STUFF brings it all in the open in the Pappas style.

Not many people think of mathematics as fascinating, exciting and invaluable. Yet Pappas writes about math ideas in such a way that conveys its often overlooked fascination, excitement, and worth. MATH STUFF deals with 38 topics in an non-threatening way that piques our curiosities. Open the book at random, and learn about such topics a: s what a holyhedron is, how computers get stressed, how e-paper will work, how codes and numbers work with our bodies.

Read about up-to-date math ideas and how they will impact our lives.

By the end of this book you will think "Mathematics is the stuff that dreams are made of."

Author: Theoni Pappas
ISBN-10: 1884550266
ISBN-13: 9781884550263
Publisher: Wide World Publishing
Language: English
Published: 09/18/2002
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.72lbs
Size: 8.48h x 5.56w x 0.56d