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15 produkter
Mathematician's Lament
How School Cheats Us Out of Our Most Fascinating and Imaginative Art Form
Häftad, 2009
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171 kr
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"One of the best critiques of current mathematics education I have ever seen."-Keith Devlin, math columnist on NPR's Morning Edition A brilliant research mathematician who has devoted his career to teaching kids reveals math to be creative and beautiful and rejects standard anxiety-producing …
Measurement
Häftad, 2014
269 kr
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Paul Lockhart’s Mathematician’s Lament outlined how we introduce math to students in the wrong way. Measurement explains how math should be done. With plain English and pictures, Lockhart makes complex ideas about shape and motion intuitive and graspable, and offers a solution to math phobia by …
Sweden in the Seventeenth Century
Inbunden, 2004
1754 kr
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The history of Sweden in the seventeenth century is perhaps one of the most remarkable political success stories of early modern Europe. Little more than a century after achieving independence from Denmark, Sweden - an impoverished and sparsely-populated state - had defeated all of its most …
Sweden in the Seventeenth Century
Häftad, 2004
469 kr
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The history of Sweden in the seventeenth century is perhaps one of the most remarkable political success stories of early modern Europe. Little more than a century after achieving independence from Denmark, Sweden - an impoverished and sparsely-populated state - had defeated all of its most …
Arithmetic
Häftad, 2019
196 kr
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“Inspiring and informative…deserves to be widely read.”—Wall Street Journal“This fun book offers a philosophical take on number systems and revels in the beauty of math.”—Science NewsBecause we have ten fingers, grouping by ten seems natural, but twelve would be better for divisibility, and eight …
The Drillmaster of Valley Forge: The Baron de Steuben and the Making of the American Army
Häftad, 2010
265 kr
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Drillmaster of Valley Forge
The Baron de Steuben and the Making of the American Army
E-bok, 2008
103 kr
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"A terrific biography. . . . The dramatic story of how the American army that beat the British was forged has never been better told." —Doris Kearns Goodwin, New York Times–bestselling author of Team of RivalsFrustrated with a stalled career in midlife, the Baron de Steuben uprooted himself from …
Whites of Their Eyes
Bunker Hill, the First American Army, and the Emergence of George Washington
E-bok, 2011
160 kr
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A reassessment of one of the most famous battles in U.S. history combining military and political history by the author of The Drillmaster of Valley Forge.One hot June afternoon in 1775, on the gentle slopes of a hill near Boston, Massachusetts, a small band of ordinary Americans—frightened but …
Sweden in the Seventeenth Century
E-bok, 2017
562 kr
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The history of Sweden in the seventeenth century is perhaps one of the most remarkable political success stories of early modern Europe. Little more than a century after achieving independence from Denmark, Sweden - an impoverished and sparsely-populated state - had defeated all of its most …
Mending of Broken Bones
A Modern Guide to Classical Algebra
Inbunden, 2025
264 kr
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A joyful and intimate celebration of the beauty and creativity of algebra from one of the foremost math educators of our time.For many of us, algebra conjures up memories of dull classes spent wondering when we’d ever have to solve a system of equations or factor a polynomial. Indeed, most of the …
Mending of Broken Bones
A Modern Guide to Classical Algebra
Häftad, 2027
196 kr
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An “energizing” (NYRB) celebration of the beauty and creativity of algebra by “a masterly teacher” (TLS).For many of us, algebra conjures up memories of dull classes spent wondering when we’d ever have to solve a system of equations or factor a polynomial. Indeed, most of the time, if we need to …
Sweden in the Seventeenth Century
E-bok, 2017
562 kr
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The history of Sweden in the seventeenth century is perhaps one of the most remarkable political success stories of early modern Europe. Little more than a century after achieving independence from Denmark, Sweden - an impoverished and sparsely-populated state - had defeated all of its most …
Firepower
How Weapons Shaped Warfare
Inbunden, 2021
340 kr
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The history of warfare cannot be fully understood without considering the technology of killing. In Firepower, acclaimed historian Paul Lockhart tells the story of military technology from the Renaissance to the dawn of the atomic era -- five-hundred-year-long "age of firepower" during which the …
Frederik II and the Protestant Cause
Denmark's Role in the Wars of Religion, 1559-1596
Inbunden, 2004
3210 kr
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This book considers the role played by Denmark’s King Frederik II (1559-88) in the international diplomacy of the 'age of religious wars'. As Europe’s leading Lutheran sovereign, Frederik commanded great influence; his conviction that an international Catholic 'conspiracy' threatened to destroy …
