Math Trek: Adventures in the Math Zone - Softcover

Peterson, Ivars

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471315702 ISBN 13: 9780471315704

Publisher: Jossey-Bass, 1999

Synopsis

Math Trek Take a wild and wacky trip to the Math Zone--where you can venture into the Fractal Forest, ride a Mobius roller coaster, and stroll along the Boredwalk, all the while learning math! Filled with interesting and fun projects, Math Trek helps kids discover math in everyday life. Full description

About this title

Synopsis

Did you ever imagine that learning math could be as much fun as a roller coaster ride? Check out the MathZone!Take a wild and wacky trip to the Math Zone where you can venture into the Fractal Forest, ride a Mobius roller coaster, and stroll along the Boredwalk, all while learning math! Filled with interesting and fun projects, Math Trek helps kids discover math in everyday life. From untangling knots to winning games with weird dice, kids will be amazed at the math tricks they can do. Kids, parents, and teachers will see that exploring math can be full of adventure. * More than 40 activities explore Mobius strips, secret codes, primes, fractals, chaos, and much more. * Eye-catching art and entertaining sidebars help illustrate each concept. Ivars Peterson (Washington, D.C.) is an award winning mathematics writer known for his popular books The Jungles of Randomness, The Mathematical Tourist, and Islands of Truth. He also writes about mathematics for Science News and Muse magazines. Nancy Henderson (Washington, D.C.) is a freelance writer and editor whose articles have appeared in New Scientist, Science and Children, U.S.

News and World Report, The Washington Post, and many other publications.

From the Back Cover

Take the ride of your life in the MathZone!

There's a new amusement park in town. Come on in-and find out all the exciting ways you can have fun with math in everyday life. Wander through the fractal forest, take a ride on the Möbius-strip roller coaster, and get dizzy learning about how math makes the Tilt-A-Whirl possible. The more activities you try, the more you'll learn how cool it can be to see the world through the eyes of a mathematician.

Once you've sampled some of the interesting and unique projects in Math Trek, from untangling unknots to winning games with weird dice to figuring out secret codes, you'll see that every trip to the MathZone is an exciting adventure!

About this edition

• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0471315702
• ISBN 13: 9780471315704
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 128