Archive for the ‘Math’ Category
Monday, March 13th, 2006
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| Author: | Andrew Rich |
| Reading Level (Conceptual): | Children 8 and up |
| Reading Level (Vocabulary): | Children 8 and up |
| Genre: | educational fiction |
| Year of publication: | 1997 |
I absolutely love the book, Andrew Rich, a young reader, tells us, "I absolutely love the book, The Number Devil : A Mathematical Adventure by Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Rotraut Susanne Berner (Illustrator), Michael Henry Heim (Translator). I'm learning so much from it. It starts out easy, but then it's really big and new and hard!!!"
There's also a DVD:
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Posted in Conceptual: 8 and up, Fiction, Math, Reading level: age 8 and up | Comments Closed
Monday, October 17th, 2005
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| Author: | Paul Hoffman |
| Reading Level (Conceptual): | Sophisticated readers |
| Reading Level (Vocabulary): | Children 12 and up |
| Genre: | Non-fiction, biography |
| Year of publication: | 1998 |
Biography of the brilliant mathematician, Paul Erdos. Inspiring because this extremely odd guy, who spoke in code and could not perform the normal functions most other human beings usually have to do (such as pay bills and cash checks), found ways to mentor promising young mathematicians and revolutionize mathematical thinking. |
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Posted in Biography, Child-raising, Computers in society, Conceptual: age 12 and up, Culture, History, Math, Parenting gifted children, Reading level: age 12 and up, Science | Comments Closed
