It’s a Numberful World

Author: Eddie Woo
Publisher: The Experiment
ISBN: 1615196129
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 321

Book Description
2021 Mathical Honor Book Why aren’t left-handers extinct? What makes a rainbow round? How is a pancreas . . . like a pendulum? Publisher's note: It's a Numberful World was published in Australia under the title Woo's Wonderful World of Maths. These may not look like math questions, but they are—because they all have to do with patterns. And mathematics, at heart, is the study of patterns. That realization changed Eddie Woo’s life—by turning the “dry” subject he dreaded in high school into a boundless quest for discovery. Now an award-winning math teacher, Woo sees patterns everywhere: in the “branches” of blood vessels and lightning, in the growth of a savings account and a sunflower, even in his morning cup of tea! Here are twenty-six bite-size chapters on the hidden mathematical marvels that encrypt our email, enchant our senses, and even keep us alive—from the sine waves we hear as “music” to the mysterious golden ratio. This book will change your mind about what math can be. We are all born mathematicians—and It’s a Numberful World.

Woo's Wonderful World of Maths

Author: Eddie Woo
Publisher: Macmillan Publishers Aus.
ISBN: 1760782904
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 300

Book Description
Have you ever wondered why a rainbow is curved? Or why left-handers aren't extinct? How a sunflower is like a synchronised swimmer, or a lightning bolt is like a blood vessel? The answer to all these questions and more can be summed up in one simple word: MATHS. As the inimitable Eddie Woo explains, maths is not just about numbers. Maths is about patterns, and our universe is extraordinarily patterned. With enthusiasm and wonder, Eddie is here to help us discover these patterns. With engaging clarity and entertaining anecdotes, Eddie demonstrates the intricacy of maths in all the things we love - from music in our iPods to our credit cards. Filled with humour and heart, this book will fascinate, entertain and illuminate the maths that surrounds us. This is a specially formatted fixed layout ebook that retains the look and feel of the print book. LONGLISTED FOR THE ABIA GENERAL NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019 PRAISE FOR EDDIE WOO "I never thought I'd read a maths book cover to cover, let alone sing its praises. Eddie Woo makes maths fun, accessible and relevant. Now we can all benefit from his extraordinary skill as a teacher." JENNY BROCKIE, journalist and TV host "Not just a great teacher, Woo's Wonderful World of Maths shows Eddie to be a storyteller too. Is there anything the Woo cannot do?" ADAM SPENCER, Ambassador for Mathematics, University of Sydney

Eddie Woo's Magical Maths 2

Author: Eddie Woo
Publisher: Pan
ISBN: 9781760981976
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 224

Book Description
Maths is all around us. It's in the leaves on the trees and our DNA. It's in the patterns on our footpaths and the shape of the stars. Draw, doodle, colour in, code, decode, make a snowflake, count the stars, meet an octagon, map out a mystery, discover why a cyclone and a nautilus are alike... be a-mazed by maths.

On the Verge

Author: Cara Bradley
Publisher: New World Library
ISBN: 1608683761
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 250

Book Description
Tap Your Personal Power and Thrive Have you ever hoped to recapture the powerful sense of aliveness you’ve felt at the best moments of your life? Cara Bradley can show you how. With enlightening stories and fresh practices, her book will teach you how to experience what she calls “high-definition, high-voltage living” on purpose, every day. She will expertly guide you through the process toward an indescribable sense of fulfillment and empowerment that you may not have thought possible but that was always there, on the “verge” of happening, ready to emerge. This user-friendly book also offers: • the encouragement to not be a spectator of life but to instead cultivate ways to live beyond your busy mind and be present in each moment • the coaching you need to stay consistent with transformative daily practices • the guidance to trust that, like spiritual sages and Olympic athletes, you have brilliance and strength available to you at any time

Sleight of Mind

Author: Matt Cook
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262542293
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 369

Book Description
This “fun, brain-twisting book . . . will make you think” as it explores more than 75 paradoxes in mathematics, philosophy, physics, and the social sciences (Sean Carroll, New York Times–bestselling author of Something Deeply Hidden). Paradox is a sophisticated kind of magic trick. A magician’s purpose is to create the appearance of impossibility, to pull a rabbit from an empty hat. Yet paradox doesn’t require tangibles, like rabbits or hats. Paradox works in the abstract, with words and concepts and symbols, to create the illusion of contradiction. There are no contradictions in reality, but there can appear to be. In Sleight of Mind, Matt Cook and a few collaborators dive deeply into more than 75 paradoxes in mathematics, physics, philosophy, and the social sciences. As each paradox is discussed and resolved, Cook helps readers discover the meaning of knowledge and the proper formation of concepts—and how reason can dispel the illusion of contradiction. The journey begins with “a most ingenious paradox” from Gilbert and Sullivan’s Pirates of Penzance. Readers will then travel from Ancient Greece to cutting-edge laboratories, encounter infinity and its different sizes, and discover mathematical impossibilities inherent in elections. They will tackle conundrums in probability, induction, geometry, and game theory; perform “supertasks”; build apparent perpetual motion machines; meet twins living in different millennia; explore the strange quantum world—and much more.

The Golden Ratio

Author: Gary B. Meisner
Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA
ISBN: 076036026X
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 227

Book Description
This enlightening and gorgeously illustrated book explores the beauty and mystery of the divine proportion in art, architecture, nature, and beyond. From the pyramids of Giza, to quasicrystals, to the proportions of the human face, the golden ratio has an infinite capacity to generate shapes with exquisite properties. Author Gary Meisner has spent decades researching the subject, investigating and collaborating with people across the globe in dozens of professions and walks of life. In The Golden Ratio, he shares his enlightening journey. Exploring the long history of this fascinating number, as well as new insights into its power and potential applications, The Golden Ratio invites you to take a new look at this timeless topic.

WAKE UP! Rise & Shine

Author: Bo Stehmeier
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 226

Book Description
WAKE UP! Rise & Shine Sheeple is one of my new favorite words. Defined in the Oxford dictionary as: Sheeple /'?i?p(?)l/ n. - people compared to sheep in being docile, foolish, or easily led. "By the time the sheeple wake up and try to change things, it will be too late!" Sheeple are starting to awaken from their deep slumber and seeing the cracks in the system. Once their sleepy eyes become accustomed to the light of awakening, they start to panic as they realize what's about to happen if things don't change. Now before you follow through on a knee-jerk reaction and flee the flock to swim upstream and become an anti-social-media-campaigner-vegan with aspirations of living off the land in a polyamorous commune - hold up and read on! I want you to ask yourself this? How do you know if you're actually a sheep? Sound crazy? Not at all! You see, wanting to become an environmental commune-living vegan, is you just being a sheep escaping one flock in exchange for another. And yes, of course, one flock is much more aspirational and forward-thinking than the other, BUT the most important question is: "If not a sheep, what animal lurks within me?" Waking up to one authentic self and the purpose it crowns itself with, is the most pivotal journey we all should be on during this time of transition. This book endeavors to do just that! Compiled for very hands-on people with an openness for the new. If you have a deep yearning to unlock your true potential through playful experiments, then you're in for a treat. I warm-heartedly welcome you to your coming-of-age! An epic journey with the prospect of sowing the seeds of profound systemic change at an individual level. Becoming the change we want to see will inevitably put our species' right-of-passage back on track, one community at a time. READ ME!

Spike TV's 1000 Ways to Die

Author: David Seidman
Publisher: Zenescope
ISBN: 9780983040439
Category : Comic books, strips, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
"1000 ways to die is a compelling look at the science of living, combined with the randomness of death - all with a dash of Darwinism. This shocking graphic novel details twenty random ways unsuspecting people have met their demise while also explaining the scientific causes behind each outrageous death. From snorting bath salts to swallowing jellyfish to purchasing cheap breast implants. You won't believe some of the ways people have actually died!" -- Page 4 of cover.

A Very Groovy Coloring Book

Author: Angele Jeanne
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692579626
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 142

Book Description
"A Very Groovy Coloring Book" is a variety of fun filled pages reminiscent of one of the most beloved eras of all time. This coloring book is inspired by the fashion, culture and art of the 1970's. While coloring one of the pages of this very Groovy coloring book, you may end up taking a trip down memory lane to precious moments of your childhood or teen Years. This nostalgic coloring book was designed with you in mind, to bring back those great memories and allow you to relive them in your own colorful way. These 70 designs are sure to give you good vibes!

Light Shining in the Forest

Author: Paul Torday
Publisher: Clipper Audio
ISBN: 9781471252976
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
Norman Stokoe has just been appointed Children's Czar by the new government. However, before his first salary cheque has even hit his bank account, the Children's czar network is put on hold. He settles down in his new leather chair behind his new desk, but then two children go missing. The search will take him to dark places and will make him ask questions about the system he is supposed to uphold.