Search results for “[subject: mathematics-general]”

• Author(s): Jerry P. King • Publisher: Prometheus Books • Publisher Imprint: Prometheus Books • BISAC: History & PhilosophyMany of us trained mainly in the humanities and liberal arts may respect mathematics as an essential scientific discip...

• Author(s): Alfred S. Posamentier • Publisher: Prometheus Books • Publisher Imprint: Prometheus Books • BISAC: Recreations & GamesIf you've been waiting for a book that will evoke the delight and intrigue that mathematics has to offer, this ...

• 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: Recreations & GamesIt is no secret that most people avoid mathematics, in large measure because elementary school teachers have ne...

• Author(s): Colin Pask • Publisher: Prometheus Books • Publisher Imprint: Prometheus Books • BISAC: Study & TeachingThere's something about a language of symbols and equations that most people find intimidating. Mathematician Colin Pask gent...

• Author(s): Alfred S. Posamentier • Publisher: Prometheus Books • Publisher Imprint: Prometheus Books • BISAC: Recreations & GamesWouldn't it be great if all school teachers (from kindergarten through high school) would share the joy of math...

• 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 & GamesAn innovative and appealing way for the layperson to develop math skills--while actually enjoying itMost people...

• Author(s): Alfred S. Posamentier • Publisher: Prometheus Books • Publisher Imprint: Prometheus Books • BISAC: History & PhilosophyTwo veteran math educators demonstrate how some "magnificent mistakes" had profound consequences for our under...

• 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): Zvi Artstein • Publisher: Prometheus Books • Publisher Imprint: Prometheus Books • BISAC: History & PhilosophyIn this accessible and illuminating study of how the science of mathematics developed, a veteran math researcher and ed...

• Author(s): Owen O'Shea • Publisher: Prometheus Books • Publisher Imprint: Prometheus Books • BISAC: Recreations & GamesIf you like any kind of game at all, you'll enjoy the amazing mathematical brainteasers in this entertaining book. No spe...

• 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: Recreations & GamesProfessional mathematicians often speak of the beauty of mathematics and the elegance of its solutions. Yet the...

• Author(s): Alfred S. Posamentier • Publisher: Prometheus Books • Publisher Imprint: Prometheus Books • BISAC: Counting & Numeration We see numbers on automobile license plates, addresses, weather reports, and, of course, on our smartphones....

• Author(s): Alfred S. Posamentier • Publisher: Prometheus Books • Publisher Imprint: Prometheus Books • BISAC: History & PhilosophyAn entertaining history of mathematics as chronicled through fifty short biographies. Mathematics today is the...

• Author(s): Alfred S. Posamentier | Ingmar Lehmann • Publisher: Prometheus Books • Publisher Imprint: Prometheus Books • BISAC: Geometry - AnalyticEveryone knows what a triangle is, yet very few people appreciate that the common three-sided figu...

• Author(s): Peter S. Rudman • Publisher: Prometheus Books • Publisher Imprint: Prometheus Books • BISAC: History & PhilosophyIn this fascinating discussion of ancient mathematics, author Peter Rudman does not just chronicle the archeological...

• Author(s): John Allen Paulos • Publisher: Prometheus Books • Publisher Imprint: Prometheus Books • BISAC: EssaysWho's Counting features selected columns from Paulos' well-known ABC News series of the same name collected here in book form for th...

• Author(s): John Allen Paulos • Publisher: Prometheus Books • Publisher Imprint: Prometheus Books • BISAC: Science & TechnologyEmploying intuitive ideas from mathematics, this quirky meta-memoir raises questions about our lives that most of ...

• Author(s): Owen O'Shea • Publisher: Prometheus Books • Publisher Imprint: Prometheus Books • BISAC: Recreations & GamesIn the modern world the theory of probability is used extensively in mathematics, science, engineering, medicine and, of ...

• Author(s): Justin L. Bergner • Publisher: Prometheus Books • Publisher Imprint: Prometheus Books • BISAC: Consumer Behavior - GeneralThe Price is Right is television's longest-running game show. Since its inception in 1956, contestants have won...