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Humble pi : when math goes wrong in the real world / by Parker, Matt(Mathematician),author.;
"This tour of real-world mathematical disasters reveals the importance of math in everyday life. All sorts of seemingly innocuous mathematical mistakes can have significant consequences. Exploring and explaining a litany of glitches, near misses, and mathematical mishaps involving the internet, big data, elections, street signs, lotteries, the Roman Empire, and an Olympic team, Matt Parker uncovers the ways math trips us up"--
Subjects: Mathematics.;
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The secret lives of numbers : a hidden history of math's unsung trailblazers / by Kitagawa, Kate,author.; Revell, Timothy,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Mathematics shapes almost everything we do. But despite its reputation as the study of fundamental truths, the stories we have been told about it are wrong -- warped like the sixteenth-century map that enlarged Europe at the expense of Africa, Asia and the Americas. In The Secret Lives of Numbers, renowned math historian Kate Kitagawa and journalist Timothy Revell make the case that the history of math is infinitely deeper, broader, and richer than the narrative we think we know"--Dust jacket flap.
Subjects: Mathematicians.; Mathematics;
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Big ideas for small mathematicians : kids discovering the beauty of math with 22 ready-to-go activities / by Kajander, Elizabeth Ann,1960-;
"Ages 6-11"--Cover."Grades 1-5"--P. [4] of cover.
Subjects: Mathematics;
© c2007., Zephyr Press,
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The maniac / by Labatut, Benjamín,1980-author.;
"A story centered around one of the great geniuses of the modern age, the Hungarian polymath John von Neumann, tracing the uncanny circuit of his mind deep into our own time's most haunting dilemmas"--
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Novels.; Von Neumann, John, 1903-1957; Mathematicians;
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The man who knew infinity [videorecording] / by Bhise, Devika,actor.; Bond, J. C.; Brown, Coby,composer.; Brown, Matthew,1974-film director,film producer,screenwriter.; Fry, Stephen,1957-actor.; Irons, Jeremy,1948-actor.; Jones, Toby,1967-actor.; Katz, Jon(Producer),film producer.; McNally, Kevin,actor.; Patel, Dev,1990-actor.; Pressman, Edward R,film producer.; Smith, Larry.; Sondervan, Sofia,film producer.; Thomas, Joe(Producer),film producer.; Motion picture adaptation of (work):Kanigel, Robert.Man who knew infinity.; Animus Films (Firm),production company.; Cayenne Pepper Productions,production company.; Edward R. Pressman Film Corporation,production company.; IFC Films,presenter.; Marcys Holdings,production company.; Mongrel Media,film distributor.; Xeitgeist Entertainment Group,production company.;
Music, Coby Brown ; editor, J.C. Bond ; director of photography, Larry Smith.Dev Patel, Jeremy Irons, Devika Bhise, Kevin R. McNally, Stephen Fry, Toby Jones.Growing up poor in Madras, India, Srinivasa Ramanujan Aiyengar earns admittance to Cambridge University during WWI, where he becomes a pioneer in mathematical theories with the guidance of his professor, G.H. Hardy.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13; for some thematic elements and smoking.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Biographical films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Hardy, G. H. (Godfrey Harold), 1877-1947; Ramanujan Aiyangar, Srinivasa, 1887-1920; Mathematicians; Mathematicians;
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Ada Lovelace cracks the code / by Rebel Girls,author.; Hardingham, Fiona,illustrator.; Playaway Products, LLC,issuing body.;
Narrated by Not Yet Available.Grades 3 - 7.From the world of Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls comes a story based on the exciting real-life adventures of Ada Lovelace, one of the world's first computer programmers. Growing up in nineteenth century London, England, Ada is curious about absolutely everything. She is obsessed with machines and with creatures that fly. She even designs her own flying laboratory! According to her mother, Ada is a bit too wild, so she encourages Ada to study math. At first Ada thinks: Bleh! Who can get excited about a subject without pictures? But she soon falls in love with it. One day she encounters a mysterious machine, and from that moment forward Ada imagines a future full of possibility--one that will eventually inspire the digital age nearly two hundred years later. Ada Lovelace Cracks the Code is the story of a pioneer in the computer sciences, and a testament to women's invaluable contributions to STEM throughout history. This historical fiction chapter book also includes additional text on Ada Lovelace's lasting legacy, as well as educational activities designed to teach simple coding and mathematical concepts.
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Children's audiobooks.; Lovelace, Ada King, Countess of, 1815-1852; Mathematicians; Women mathematicians;
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Alan Turing : the enigma / by Hodges, Andrew.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.LSC
Subjects: Turing, Alan Mathison, 1912-1954.; Mathematicians;
© 2014., Princeton University Press,
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The theory of (not quite) everything : a novel / by Gnodde, Kara,author.;
Mimi Brotherton, younger sister of Art, believes in truth. And most of the time, she believes in telling it. Art, a mathematical genius, believes in facts. Bound together by their parents' tragic deaths, the siblings share their family home and have a strong, if unequal, relationship. Art has everything he needs (math and a devoted sister). Now, Mimi is ready for a life of her own. This might include love. At first, Art is cautiously enthusiastic, keen to demonstrate that love, like everything, is subject to rules. But when Mimi meets Frank, who is affable enough, but is another mathematician, Art bristles. He is on the cusp of solving a notoriously intractable equation, and success promises fame and fortune. But he fears that Frank may be after his sister for the wrong reasons. When both men are suddenly involved in a serious accident, Mimi is caught between the two. Can she trust her heart to guide her to the truth? In this delightful, bittersweet novel, Kara Gnodde explores how the answers to life's questions--the bonds of family and the calculations of the heart--follow a logic of their own.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Humorous fiction.; Novels.; Families; Man-woman relationships; Mathematicians; Siblings;
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My remarkable journey : a memoir / by Johnson, Katherine,author.; Hylick, Joylette,author.; Moore, Katherine(Writer at National Geographic Kids),author.; Page, Lisa Frazier,author.;
"Katherine Johnson was 97 years old in 2015, when the world caught up to her. That year, President Barack Obama awarded her the prestigious Presidential Medal of Freedom-the nation's highest civilian honor-for her pioneering work decades earlier as a mathematician on NASA's first flights into space. The next year, a blockbuster movie, Hidden Figures, told the world the story of the West Area Computing unit, where Katherine worked as a human computer among an unheralded cadre of African American female mathematicians. In the days before IBM introduced its first electronic computers and at a time when African Americans were subjected to inferior treatment and status, these brilliant women were among those doing the computations that helped send the United States' first manned spaceflights to the moon. Even among such a talented group, Katherine stood out. Astronaut John Glenn was reluctant to trust her computations of NASA's first electronic computers for the trajectory of his 1962 flight to the moon, until Katherine did the math by hand. "Get the girl," Glenn said then, referring to Katherine. "If she says they're good, then I'm ready to go." Now, in her definitive new memoir, Katherine shares her personal journey from a child prodigy growing up in the Allegheny Mountains of West Virginia to the peaceful centenarian she was in her final days. In A Remarkable Journey: The Wisdom, Grit, and Grace of a Pioneering NASA Mathematician, Katherine wraps her story around some of the basic tenets of her life-the value of knowing that no one is better than you, education is paramount, timing is everything, and asking questions can break barriers. Readers will see this heroine in full dimension-curious "daddy's girl," standout college student, pioneering professional, doting mother, grieving widow, and sage elder. They will hear the wisdom of a woman who handled great fame with genuine humility and great tragedy with enduring hope. They will see the brilliance of a young college student who latched onto a dream, inspired by a college professor who told her she would make a good "research mathematician." She would carry the mantle of that professor, who in 1933 became one of the first African Americans in the country to receive a doctorate in math, only to find his own dreams of becoming a research mathematician crushed by racism. The book moves with Katherine through 100 years of racial history, pausing to show, for example, the influential role that educators at segregated schools and Historically Black Colleges and Universities played in nurturing the dreams of trailblazers. In this uplifting narrative, readers see a woman who navigated tough racial terrain with the soft-spoken grace expected of a woman of her era, and the unrelenting grit required to make history and inspire future generations"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Johnson, Katherine G.; United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration; African American women mathematicians; Women mathematicians; African American teachers;
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Hidden figures : the American dream and the untold story of the Black women mathematicians who helped win the space race / by Lee Shetterly, Margot,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Biographies.; United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration; African American mathematicians; African American women; Space race.; Women mathematicians;
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