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A famous writer once distinguished between the 'lines of intellect' and the 'curves of emotions'. Accepting this metaphor, readers should be warned this book, despite dealing with mathematics, abounds with emotion every page! Its elegant and sinuous heroines are known by suggestive names such as ellipse, hyperbola...
The importance of calculus and of concepts such as 'derivatives' and 'integrals' is hard to underestimate. It has been said that without them the scientific revolution would have been impossible. Although their origins date back to the Ancient World, the crucial breakthrough...
A great mathematician once said that music was 'the pleasure that the human mind experiences from counting without being aware of it'. There are may fascinating connections between music and mathematics, from the relationship between harmony and numbers - an idea that has amazed mathematicians since the time of...
With The Everything Kids' Magical Science Experiments Book , kids will be able to bend the rules of time, space and logic by performing over 50 "magical" science experiments.
Parents will love the fact that...
This book is more energetic, more visually exciting, and more fun than anything else on the market-and with more information, too. Youngsters become geology experts as they browse eye-popping photos and absorb layers...
Everything you ever wanted to know about logistics careers
This engaging and well thought-out booklet highlights the wide variety of careers and job roles available in the logistics and transportation industries. It is full of useful information and guidance to help pupils make decisions about their future subject and course choices and how these lead into future job roles...
This new series uses everyday objects--kitchen utensils, doorbells--familiar critters-ants!-and readily available substances-air and water-to create winning science fair projects for upper elementary and middle-...
From planet Earth to the furthest reaches of the known universe, this book lives up to its promise. In these pages readers will find everything they need to know (and more) about this fascinating subject. Starting...