Music by the Numbers


Book Description

How music has influenced mathematics, physics, and astronomy from ancient Greece to the twentieth century.




Numbers


Book Description

This book is about all kinds of numbers, from rationals to octonians, reals to infinitesimals. It is a story about a major thread of mathematics over thousands of years, and it answers everything from why Hamilton was obsessed with quaternions to what the prospect was for quaternionic analysis in the 19th century. It glimpses the mystery surrounding imaginary numbers in the 17th century and views some major developments of the 20th century.




The Memory Book


Book Description

Unleash the hidden power of your mind It’s there in all of us. A mental resource we don’t think much about. Memory. And now there’s a way to master its power. . . . Through Harry Lorayne and Jerry Lucas’s simple, fail-safe memory system, you can become more effective, more imaginative, and more powerful at work, at school, in sports, and at play. • Read with speed and greater understanding. • File phone numbers, data, figures, and appointments right in your head. • Send those birthday and anniversary cards on time. • Learn foreign words and phrases with ease. • Shine in the classroom and shorten study hours. • Dominate social situations: Remember and use important personal details. Begin today. The change in your life will be unforgettable




Singing Phonics


Book Description

A collection of songs and chants to support phonics teaching for young children.




Number Phonics


Book Description

Provides a phonics system for teaching children to read, and also for teaching reading to illiterate or semi-literate adults. This work tags the letters with a number, and prompts the student to recall the specific sound of this letter. It applies this system to all the 84 major sounds in English.




Playing the Numbers


Book Description

The most ubiquitous feature of Harlem life between the world wars was the game of “numbers.” Thousands of wagers were placed daily. Playing the Numbers tells the story of this illegal form of gambling and the central role it played in the lives of African Americans who flooded into Harlem in the wake of World War I.




Simple First Sounds Noisy Trucks


Book Description

Presents basic information about concrete mixer trucks, dump trucks, fire trucks, and tractors, in a book with an attached sound module with large illustrated buttons that makes the sounds of each of the vehicles presented. On board pages.




Emma's BIG Counting


Book Description

An educational story, written by a primary school teacher (and mathematics lover) to develop counting, estimating, grouping and place value knowledge. Emma LOVES counting! When she goes over to Leo's house they decide to count his big collection of cars. But should they count each car one-by-one, or is there an easier way? Join Emma and Leo as they learn how to group big numbers to make it accurate and easy to count. Includes discussion questions and optional learning activities to help deepen understanding and further develop number sense with your little one. 'Emma's BIG Counting' is part of a series that includes 'Emma's Counting', which explores number sense and counting.




Sound and Number


Book Description

Contents: Observations & Illustrations, Interesting Numerical Harmonies, Illustrations of the Numbers "Nine" and "Eight", Solar Architectural Design in Nature, Some Biblical Interpretations, Planetary Letters & Numbers, Kings and Dynasties of England, H.




Building Fact Fluency


Book Description

"Building Fact Fluency helps students develop deep conceptual understanding of the operations and fact fluency at the same time. Research-based and standards-aligned, the toolkit invites students to think strategically about the mathematics through multiple, rich, real-world contexts"--