Math Talk: Mathematical Ideas in Poems for Two Voices
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ISBN: 0933174748 / Publisher: Wide World Publishing, January 1993
Presents mathematical ideas through poetic dialogues intended to be read by two people
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Who would have ever thought there was a direct way to connect mathematical concepts to poetry?Creative juices were certainly at work when this book of mathematical dialogues was created by Theoni Pappas. It presents anew way to enjoy and learn mathematical ideas via poetic dialogues read by two people. A new twist to mathematical themes.—24 delightful and informative poetic dialogues for exploring math ideas.—- TOPIC POEMS INCLUDE-· Mathematics · Circles · Proper fractions · Fractals· Fibonacci numbers · One · Operations · Imaginary numbers· Möbius strip · Zero · Squares · Operations· Variables · Radicals · Triangles · · Primes · Dimensions· Golden Mean · e, & i (for three voices)· Integers · Tessellations · Even numbers· Googols · We are numbers.
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