Authoritative and reliable, this A-Z guide provides jargon-free definitions for even the most technical mathematical terms. With over 3,000 entries ranging from Achilles paradox to zero matrix, it covers all commonly encountered terms and concepts from pure and applied mathematics and statistics, for example, linear algebra, optimisation, nonlinear equations, and differential equations. In addi…
from the publisher: This new dictionary encourages children to explore language through a collection of picture definitions. Naming and comparing labeled images helps children build vocabulary and offers new discoveries about topics from music to mammals. This visual dictionary includes a wealth of information guaranteed to stimulate a childs mind for years. Full-color photos and illustrat…
Once upon a time there was a flea called Tiny. And the flea lived on a dog called Cleopatra. Paul Rogers' wonderfully inventive story takes the reader beyond the bounds of Tiny's world, out into the surrounding house, street and town - further and further, until Earth is just a small speck in the universe. Children will delight in trying to find Tiny somewhere on the vast Cleopatra, then turnin…
Convinced the sky is falling, Henny Penny and a band of gullible friends march off to tell the king, only to meet their end at the hands of a wily fox.