TriMathlon

A Workout Beyond the School Curriculum

Judith Sally, Paul Sally Jr. (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

264 Seiten

2003
A K Peters (Verlag)
978-1-56881-184-0 (ISBN)

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Swim, Run, and Bike your way to math success! Judith and Paul Sally, accomplished mathematicians and experienced teachers, offer a challenging athletic workout to the minds of their young readers through exercises in areas of number theory and geometry that extend beyond the realm of basic mathematics in the school curriculum. The activities in the book present readers with a dynamic and fresh perspective on mathematics, encouraging active and energetic responses leading to a level of thinking that carries over into college mathematics. The book's novel games coach the players to experience the satisfaction and confidence that accompany meaningful investigations of mathematical ideas. This book will provide a stimulus to make scientific competition as much a part of our educational culture as the athletic activities to which we are accustomed.

Paul Sally is Professor of Mathematics at the University of Chicago. He has been the recipient of several prominent awards, including the MAA Haimo Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching, the AMS Award for Distinguished Public Service, and the AMOCO Award for Distinguished Contribution to Undergraduate Teaching. Judith Sally is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Mathematics at Northwestern University. From 1988-89 she was Visiting Professor at Purdue University. She has been the recipient of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship, the Bunting Fellowship, and the Northwestern College of Arts and Sciences Teaching Award.

From the Table of Contents; Race to 100; The Triangle and Square Games; Palindromes; Tessellation; Lattice Polygons; Packing Areas of the Plane; Dissections; Roll Back; The Four Numbers Game

Erscheint lt. Verlag	15.5.2003
Verlagsort	Natick
Sprache	englisch
Maße	203 x 254 mm
Gewicht	490 g
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch
	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Geometrie / Topologie
ISBN-10	1-56881-184-5 / 1568811845
ISBN-13	978-1-56881-184-0 / 9781568811840
Zustand	Neuware