Softcover ISBN: | 978-0-9776939-3-1 |
Product Code: | NMATH/1 |
List Price: | $28.00 |
AMS Member Price: | $22.40 |
Softcover ISBN: | 978-0-9776939-3-1 |
Product Code: | NMATH/1 |
List Price: | $28.00 |
AMS Member Price: | $22.40 |
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Book DetailsNatural MathVolume: 1; 2015; 372 pp
This book brings together the stories of over thirty authors who share their math enthusiasm with their communities, families, and students. After every chapter is a puzzle, game, or activity to encourage adults and children to play with math too. Thoughtful stories, puzzles, games, and activities will provide new insights.
ReadershipParents, grandparents, teachers, math enthusiasts, and math haters who don't want to pass their affliction on. This book is for everyone!
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Reviews
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Mathematics is a creative activity, like music. It requires some technique, and the technique has to be taught, but the main point is elsewhere—it is all about creativity, a sense of enjoyment, and higher purpose. This book goes a long way in that direction.
Ivar Ekeland, author of "The Cat in Numberland" -
Sue VanHattum has assembled a marvelously useful and inspiring book. It is filled with stories by people who don't just love math, they share that love with others through innovative math activities. "Playing with Math" is perfect for anyone eager to make math absorbing, entertaining, and fun.
Laura Grace Weldon, author of "Free Range Learning" -
The Internet is presently bursting with vibrant writing about mathematics learning; yet it can be difficult to navigate this wealth of resources. Sue VanHattum has carefully collected and arranged some of the best of this writing. Imagine having a cheerful, knowledgeable, caring, and patient native interpreter accompany you on a tour of a foreign land. That's Sue in the land of math. She and the authors collected here care deeply about welcoming everyone to the world of mathematics. Whether you play with math every day or are struggling to believe that one can play with math, "Playing with Math" will provide inspiration, ideas, and joy.
Christopher Danielson (talkingmathwithkids.com), author of "Talking Math with Your Kids"
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This book brings together the stories of over thirty authors who share their math enthusiasm with their communities, families, and students. After every chapter is a puzzle, game, or activity to encourage adults and children to play with math too. Thoughtful stories, puzzles, games, and activities will provide new insights.
Parents, grandparents, teachers, math enthusiasts, and math haters who don't want to pass their affliction on. This book is for everyone!
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Mathematics is a creative activity, like music. It requires some technique, and the technique has to be taught, but the main point is elsewhere—it is all about creativity, a sense of enjoyment, and higher purpose. This book goes a long way in that direction.
Ivar Ekeland, author of "The Cat in Numberland" -
Sue VanHattum has assembled a marvelously useful and inspiring book. It is filled with stories by people who don't just love math, they share that love with others through innovative math activities. "Playing with Math" is perfect for anyone eager to make math absorbing, entertaining, and fun.
Laura Grace Weldon, author of "Free Range Learning" -
The Internet is presently bursting with vibrant writing about mathematics learning; yet it can be difficult to navigate this wealth of resources. Sue VanHattum has carefully collected and arranged some of the best of this writing. Imagine having a cheerful, knowledgeable, caring, and patient native interpreter accompany you on a tour of a foreign land. That's Sue in the land of math. She and the authors collected here care deeply about welcoming everyone to the world of mathematics. Whether you play with math every day or are struggling to believe that one can play with math, "Playing with Math" will provide inspiration, ideas, and joy.
Christopher Danielson (talkingmathwithkids.com), author of "Talking Math with Your Kids"