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Bugs & slugs
Parents guide : young children can discover the fascinating world of bugs and slugs with this awesome book. With fun facts, photographs and illustration, this book is the ideal introduction to creepy-crawlies.
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- 9781838993221
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- 28 p. ; ill. ; 21 cm
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- 592 RED b
The Math of life and death: 7 mathematical principles that shape our lives
In The Math of Life and Death , Yates takes us on a “dizzying, dazzling” ( Nature ) tour of everyday situations and grand-scale applications of mathematical concepts, including exponential growth and decay, optimization, statistics and probability, and number systems. Along the way he reveals the mathematical undersides of controversies over DNA testing, Ponzi schemes, viral marketing, and …
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- 9781982111885
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- 288 p. ; ill. ; 21 cm
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- 510 YAT t
Math & cats: scratching the surface of mathematical concepts
In Math Cats, mathematician and professor Daniel Look, along with a clowder of his feline friends, reveals the charming connections between mathematics and cats with 22 fun and fur-filled lessons. We know all cats are cute, but only some are acute. Others are obtuse (no offense) and more are always right (and never let you forget it), as you'll learn by exploring how kitties represent different…
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- Ed. 1
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- 9798894140001
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- 119 p. ; ill. ; 18 cm
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- 510 LOO m
Math without numbers
The only numbers in this book are the page numbers. Math Without Numbers is a vivid, conversational, and wholly original guide to the three main branches of abstract math—topology, analysis, and algebra—which turn out to be surprisingly easy to grasp. This book upends the conventional approach to math, inviting you to think creatively about shape and dimension, the infinite and infinites…
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- Ed. 1
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- 9781524745561
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- 207 p. ; ill. ; 21 cm
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- 510 BEC m
Humble pi: when math goes wrong in the real world
Our whole world is built on math, from the code running a website to the equations enabling the design of skyscrapers and bridges. Most of the time this math works quietly behind the scenes . . . until it doesn’t. All sorts of seemingly innocuous mathematical mistakes can have significant consequences. Math is easy to ignore until a misplaced decimal point upends the stock market, a unit c…
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- Ed. 1
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- 9780593084694
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- 336 p. ; ill. ; 21 cm
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- 510 PAR h
The art of statistics: how to learn from data
The age of big data has made statistical literacy more important than ever. In The Art of Statistics, David Spiegelhalter shows how to apply statistical reasoning to real-world problems. Whether we're analyzing preventative medical screening or the terrible crime sprees of serial killers, Spiegelhalter teaches us how to clarify questions, assumptions, and expectations and, most importantly, how…
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- Ed. 1
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- 9781541675704
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- 426 p. ; 21 cm
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- 519 SPI t
Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics
Sparked by observing teachers struggle to implement rich mathematics tasks to engage students in deep thinking, Peter Liljedahl has translated his 15 years of research into this practical guide on how to move toward a thinking classroom. Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics, Grades K-12 helps teachers implement 14 optimal practices for thinking that create an ideal setting for deep mathe…
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- Ed. 1
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- 9781544374833
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- 315 pages : illus. ; 26 cm.
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- 510.712 Lil b
Look inside a zoo
Lift the flaps to see the important work that zoos are doing to save the world's wildlife. And find oit what interesting jobs zookeepers have and how they look after the animals in their care.
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- 9781803701752
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- unpaged ; ill. ; 22 cm
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- 590 LAC l
365 curious question and answers
365 CURIOUS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS " IS YOUR DAILY DOSE OF SURPRISING FACTS. IT OFFERS ONE SMART QUESTION, ONE SHARP ANSWER, EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR. FROM SPACE AND THE HUMAN BODY TO NATURE AND TECHNOLOGY, THIS SERIES UNCOVERS FASCINATING INFORMATION THAT WILL AMAZE READERS OF ALL AGES. EASY TO READ, HARD TO FORGET, THIS SERIES IS PERFECT TO KEEP YOUR CURIOSITY THRIVING.
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- 9786294823464
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- 216 p. ; ill. ; 28 cm
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- Animal world
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- 590 JOH c
Saving animal babies (national geographic kids, level 2)
These heartwarming stories of animal babies, rescued and nursed back to health by humans, will pull at the heart strings and make kids realize there's a survivor inside all of us. This reader is illustrated with adorable photographs that document these animals' recoveries. The carefully written text guarantees a successful and rewarding reading experience for level 1 readers.
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- 9781426310409
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- National Geographic Readers: Level 2
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- 590 SHI s
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