The three most basic shapes -- squares, triangles and circles -- are all around us, from the natural world to the one we've engineered. Shapes in Math, Science and Nature introduces young readers to the basics of geometry and reveals its applications at home, school and everywhe…
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« Emblazoned on many advertisements for the wildly popular game of Sudoku are the reassuring words, "no mathematical knowledge required." Anxiety about math plagues many of us, and school memories can still summon intense loathing. In A Brief History of Mathematical Thought, Luk…
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Autour du nombre [pi]
by Eymard, Pierre, Lafon, Jean-Pierre
fromActualités scientifiques et industrielles
Autour du nombre [pi]
by Eymard, Pierre, Lafon, Jean-Pierre
fromActualités scientifiques et industrielles
* Cercles entre eux * Catalogue de cercles * Droites et cercles * Le cercle dans toutes Ses dimensionsDepuis Ératosthène, Ptolémée, Apollonios ou Archimède, le cercle est, sans aucun doute, l'un des objets géométriques les plus familiers.Compagnon discret de notre quotidien, il …
La 4e de couverture indique : "Depuis Ératosthène, Ptolémée, Apollonius ou Archimède, le cercle est sans aucun doute, l'un des objets géométriques les plus familiers. Compagnon discret de notre quotidien, il est à la fois porteur de remarquables propriétés mathématiques et d'une…
This revised edition of a mathematical classic originally published in 1957 will bring to a new generation of students the enjoyment of investigating that simplest of mathematical figures, the circle. As a concession to the general neglect of geometry in school and college curri…
Geometry as a unified body of knowledge whose concepts build upon one another. The language of geometry is words, symbols, formulas, postulates, and theorems--dynamic tools used to solve problems, communicate, and express geometrical ideas. Beginning with fundamentals, students …