How Astronauts Use Math

Mary Hense, Rhea A. Stewart (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

32 Seiten

2009
Chelsea House Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-60413-610-4 (ISBN)

Infos

When astronauts fly into space to conduct missions, it is made possible because of precise mathematical calculations, from how the spacecraft leaves Earth's atmosphere to how the astronauts pilot the craft. How Astronauts Use Math reveals how designers use maths to calculate distance, speed, velocity, and their own safety when creating space-faring vehicles.

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When astronauts fly into space to conduct missions, it is made possible because of precise mathematical calculations, from how the spacecraft leaves Earth's atmosphere to how the astronauts pilot the craft. How Astronauts Use Math reveals how designers use math to calculate distance, speed, velocity, and their own safety when creating space-faring vehicles.

Concepts and skills emphasized include:

Number Sense and Operations
Problem Solving
Estimation
Measurement
Data Analysis
Algebraic Thinking
Geometry and Spatial Sense.

Autor

Mary Hense always loved planes and spaceships. From her backyard in Florida, USA, she watches rockets take off from the Kennedy Space Center more than 60 miles away Rhea A. Stewart, M.A., Specialist in Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education

Produkt-Details

• Reihe/Serie: Math in the Real World
• Zusatzinfo: Colour photographs, Illustrations
• Verlagsort: Broomall
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 177 x 236 mm
• Gewicht: 265 g
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Weltraum / Astronomie
• Themenwelt: Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Sachbücher ► Geschichte / Politik
• Themenwelt: Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Sachbücher ► Naturwissenschaft / Technik
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch
• ISBN-10: 1-60413-610-3 / 1604136103
• ISBN-13: 978-1-60413-610-4 / 9781604136104
• Zustand: Neuware