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• Author(s): Alfred S. Posamentier • Publisher: Prometheus Books • Publisher Imprint: Prometheus Books • BISAC: Recreations & GamesA veteran math educator reveals the hidden fascinations of geometry and why this staple of math education is im...

• Author(s): Alfred S. Posamentier • Publisher: Prometheus Books • Publisher Imprint: Prometheus Books • BISAC: Geometry - AlgebraicThe circle has fascinated mathematicians since ancient times. This entertaining book describes in layperson's term...

• Author(s): Alfred S. Posamentier • Publisher: Prometheus Books • Publisher Imprint: Prometheus Books • BISAC: Recreations & GamesIt is no secret that most people avoid mathematics, in large measure because elementary school teachers have ne...

• Author(s): Jefferson Hane Weaver • Publisher: Prometheus Books • Publisher Imprint: Prometheus Books • BISAC: GeneralThis stress-free layperson's introduction to the intriguing world of numbers is designed to acquaint the general reader with th...

• Author(s): Alfred S. Posamentier • Publisher: Prometheus Books • Publisher Imprint: Prometheus Books • BISAC: Geometry - GeneralThe Pythagorean theorem may be the best-known equation in mathematics. Its origins reach back to the beginnings of c...

• Author(s): Peter S. Rudman • Publisher: Prometheus Books • Publisher Imprint: Prometheus Books • BISAC: History & PhilosophyA physicist explores the history of mathematics among the Babylonians and Egyptians, showing how their scribes in th...