The Fly on the Ceiling: A Math Myth (Step into Reading)

Book 6 of 35: Step into Reading

Glass, Julie

 
9780679986072: The Fly on the Ceiling: A Math Myth (Step into Reading)

Synopsis

A story about how the very messy French philosopher, Rene Descartes, invented an ingenious way to keep track of his possessions

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Recognized as the father of analytic geometry, René Descartes was a French mathematician and philosopher. Kids will love this funny and very accessible tale - based on one of math's greatest myths - about the man who popularized the Cartesion system of coordinates.

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ISBN 10:  0679886079 ISBN 13:  9780679886075
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Rea..., 1998
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