by Theoni Pappas
Mathematics is everywhere-in soap bubbles, electricity, da Vinci's masterpieces, even in an ocean wave. Contains a treasure trove of clearly illustrated mathematical ideas, concepts, puzzles, and games. Find out what a googol is, visit hotel infinity, read a thorny logic problem that stumped them back in the 8th century. THE JOY OF MATHEMATICS adds up to the most fun you've had in a long time.
- Written in Pappas' unique & inviting style
- Designed so that either book can be opened at random and a self-contained topic enjoyed.
"Approach goes far beyond the usual mechanical presentation, linking math to vital, everyday life and adding cultural and historical influences to connect math concepts to realistic challenges fun rather than tedious."The Bookwatch
- "The Joy of Mathematics presents the world of mathematics to readers in a fresh, original way. For any reader, mathematician or not easily readable by all readily usable for enrichment I highly recommend it."
-The Mathematics Teacher
- "Rarely does one come across books on mathematics with such breath, beauty, and insight. Pappas' books always contain fascinating and valuable information-not only for curious students and laypeople-but also for the seasoned researcher. The eclectic Pappas is both a mathematician and a poet, and with the cold logic of the one and the inspired vision of the other, she selects topics sure to stimulate readers' imagination and sense of wonder at the incredible vastness of our mathematics universe."
Clifford A. Pickover,
author of Computers & the Imagination
- " designed to help the reader become aware of the inseparable relationship of mathematics and the world by presenting glimpses and images of mathematics in the many facets of our lives." Science News
- ". . .helps demystify this often misunderstood subject randomly arranged topics retain the true essence of discovery test your wits with topo,a mathematical game; ponder the Trinity of Rings; or juggle with a frustrating puzzle-this book gives glimpses of the many places math exists, helping you discover some of its treasures."
Curriculum Product Review
THE JOY of MATHEMATICS is a BOOK-OF-THE-MONTH CLUB™ Pick-of -the-Paperbacks · $10.95 · 8.5" by 5.5"
·photos & illustrations throughout
· 256 pages ISBN: 0-933174-65-9
by Theoni Pappas
Part of the joy of mathematics is that it is everywhere-in soap bubbles, electricity, da Vinci's masterpieces, even in an ocean wave. Written by the well-known mathematics teacher consultant, this two volume collection of over 500 clearly illustrated mathematical ideas, concepts, puzzles, and games shows where they turn up in the "real" world. You'll find out what a googol is, visit hotel infinity, read a thorny logic problem that was stumping them back in the 8th century. The two books are cross-indexed.
Now Pappas has done it again, or rather, has done more! The pages of MORE JOY of MATHEMATICS spill over with ideas, puzzles, games from all over the world, historic background, exciting graphics and up-to-the-minute math breakthroughs.
Readers will find plenty to enjoy as they discover Pappas' unique easy reading style.
QUALITY PAPERBACK BOOK CLUB BOOK-OF-T HE -MONTH CLUB™ selections
· $10.95 · 8.5" by 5.5"
·photos & illustrations throughout
· 312 pages ISBN: 0-933174-73-X
by Theoni Pappas
Delves into the world of ideas, explores the spell mathematics
casts on our lives, and helps you discover mathematics where
you least expect it. Be spellbound by the mathematical designs
found in nature. Learn how knots may untie the mysteries of life.
Be mesmerized by the computer revolution. Discover how the hidden
forces of mathematics -hold architectural structures together
-connect your telephone calls -help airplanes get off the ground
- solve the mysteries of the living cell. See how some artists
use a mathematical palette in their works and how many writers
draw upon the wealth of its ideas. Experience all this in The
Magic of Mathematics.
- "Thought-provoking yet not overwhelming, this book makes the author's pleasure in mathematics evident. "
Library Journal
- "witty and intriguing" Science News
- "Readers will relish this book. The focus is to explain math in a lively, revealing manner. It succeeds!" The Bookwatch
- "Pappas writes at a level that puts all her topics within reach of any mathematics teacher and usually within reach of a generalist as well. In spite of this, she does not skim over facts or misrepresent them. If you haven't bought Pappas' first two books, then get them. If you have them, buy this one as well." The Mathematics Teacher
Like Pappas' The Joy of Mathematics, the illustrations, graphics and photographs in The Magic of Mathematics make the book a visual as well as an intellectual experience.
$12.95 ·8.5"x5.5"
· photos & illustrations throughout
· 324 pages ISBN:0933174-99-3
by Theoni Pappas
Creative juices were certainly at work when this book of mathematical dialogues was created by Theoni Pappas. It presents a new way to enjoy and learn mathematical ideas via poetic dialogues read by two people. A new twist to mathematical themes.
"MATH TALK in its novel approach would make an interesting addition to the mathematics library for any age group." -The Mathematics Teacher
"Continuing on her crusade to demystify mathematics, Pappas delivers a new way to enjoy and learn some sublimely abstract notions" -The Bookpaper"One of our favorites is an unusual little paperback called MATH TALK" -Home Education Magazine
24 delightful and informative poetic dialogues for exploring math ideas.
- TOPICS INCLUDE-
· Mathematics · Circles · Proper fractions · Fractals
· Fibonacci numbers · One · Operations · Imaginary numbers
· Möbius strip · Zero · Squares · Operations
· Variables · Radicals · Triangles · · Primes · Dimensions
· Golden Mean · e, & i (for three voices)
· Integers · Tessellations · Even numbers· Googols · We are numbers. $8.95 ·8.5"x5.5"·72 pp
ISBN:0-933174-74-8.
by Theoni Pappas
In this highly readable volume of vignettes, coupled with factual
background, Pappas has assembled fascinating stories of intrigue
and the bizarre - in short, the human background of the history
of mathematics.
MATHEMATICAL SCANDALS delves behind the scenes and reveals real
people, whose rivalries, deceptions, and idiosyncrasies are at
odds with the mathematician's reputation for clear thinking and
scientific detachment.
"If you have a kid over, say 16 years who thinks math is boring, this book is the cure." Jaron Lanier, Discover Magazine
"These scandals are not salacious tabloids; rather, they concern incidents and controversies involving personalities from the history of mathematics.The stories are informative, and the writing style is appealing." -The Mathematics Teacher
"Pappas' passion for math has produced many previous winning titles: this presents a new vision for exploring math Even reluctant math users will find the blend of intrigue and social history involving." -The Bookwatch
"MATHEMATICS SCANDALS gives Pappas' devoted fans another dose of the inventiveness and flair they have come to expect from her work." -Publisher's Group West
"Many associate mathematics with cold logic. To dispel the stereotype, the author examines the human sides and foibles of renowned mathematicians." -Douglas Borton, The Actuarial Digest
· $10.95 ·160 pages ·5.5"x8.5"
·paperback · index ·illustrations
· ISBN: 1-884550-10-X
An Exploration into the Nature of Mathematics
by Theoni Pappas
Delves into the fascinating interrelation of mathematics and other subject areas, the evolution of mathematical thought, the beauty of mathematics- its complexity and its simplicity.
- an excellent teacher's reference an invaluable teaching tool - "...introduces students to some of the special and different areas in which mathematics appears and has influence."Curriculum Product Review
10 lessons for math enrichment with
· topology · non-Euclidean geometries · optical illusions · magic squares · the cycloid & paradoxes · flexagons · the mathematics of paperfolding · the golden rectangle· Fibonacci sequence
· $10.95 · illustrations & photos
· 8.5"x11" · 154pp. ISBN:09331728-4
JANUARY- Nature knows bestbiomimicry & mathematics
FEBRUARY- The parabola's staying powerfrom sound & light to zero-gravity
MARCH- Imagine i a math fable
APRIL-Out of chaos order emergesdynamic art abstractions of IL LEE
MAY- Mathematical snippets the Eternity puzzle & Einstein's Logic puzzle
JUNE- One problem always leads to another the congruent number problem & its 21st century makeover.
JULY- Games can be more than fun
AUGUST- Getting a handle on the bigness & smallness of today's numbers
SEPTEMBER- Brain busters to exercise the mind
OCTOBER- Symmetryyou can't get away from it
NOVEMBER- The good, bad, & ugly of the WorldWideWeb
DECEMBER- A mathematical crossword puzzlefamous mathematicians
by Theoni Pappas
32 years after its inception THE MATHEMATICS CALENDAR continues to awe its audience with its cutting edge math topics, its all new exciting graphics, and mind boggling problems. This calendar continues to be a hit with teachers, students, engineers, math buffs and puzzle lovers.
Now more than ever THE MATHEMATICS CALENDAR reminds us again and again how mathematics describes nature, impacts the sciences, is essential to architecture, is inseparable from music, influences the arts, exercises and tantalizes the mind with its puzzles and problems, stimulates and creates new technologies and reveals the multi-dimenstions of our world and universe through its ever evolving ideas and insights.
THE MATHEMATICS CALENDAR
has given thousands of people a new perspective about math
how it can be fun, fascinating & intriguing. It's nowonder its popularity continues to grow.
The 2011
twelve monthly topics are listed on the laft.
It's more than a calendar each month features an intriguing math topic and each day a tantalizing problem it's a treasure trove of information, games, puzzles and stories, illustrating how mathematics influences, touches, and impacts our lives. It is uniquely designed so that each day of every month has a problem whose solution is the date. The brain twister lies in figuring how to arrive at the answer. For each month the problems range from arithmetic to calculus.
"A wall calendar that should be off the wallit's like have a math magazine with twelve solidly researched articles. You and your students will really have to take some time to get everything out of this publiscation. If you hang this up, expect students to be standing in front of it for a long time" The Mathematics Teacher
"...continues to astonish...among the best calendars I've seen...a positive brain-wrecker." San Francisco Chronicle
".Very functional,hone up your skills day by day. No rest for the weary with this clever calendar that will most definitely wake you up." - The Book Reader
"...a winner in the Exploratorium Store...unique...thought provoking... entertaining." - The Exploratorium Store
"It's a unique calendar. It sells well and is something that has never been done." - Stanford University Bookstore
"Wonderful! Start your day with a thoroughly bent mind, and perhaps learn a bit of math too. It's become a museum store classic." -Whole Earth Review
"Some of the most unusual items to cross our desk are The Children's Mathematics Calendar & The Mathematics Calendar. Each includes a different problem on each day of the year, along with valuable mathematical information on each month." -Today's Catholic Teacher
"designed to increase understanding and appreciation of math concepts. -The Cincinnati Post
"makes math fun as well as educational" -The Bookwatch
"People interested in the beauty and intrigue of various high school mathematics topics will like The Mathematics Calendar. Pappas's efforts could lead to many meaningful classroom discussions and projects". - The Mathematics Teacher
opens to 11"x17" · $10.95
·ISBN:1-884550-38-6 ·color photos and graphics throughout
by Theoni Pappas
Now in its 31st year, with its exciting topics, graphics and mind-boggling problems, this calendar continues to be a hit with teachers, students, engineers, math buffs and puzzle lovers. It's more than a calendar each month features an intriguing math topic and each day a tantalizing problem it's a treasure trove of information, games, puzzles and stories, illustrating how mathematics influences, touches, and impacts our lives. It is uniquely designed so that each day of every month has a problem whose solution is the date. The brain twister lies in figuring how to arrive at the answer. For each month the problems range from arithmetic to calculus.
THE MATHEMATICS CALENDAR
has given thousands of people a new perspective about math
how it can be fun, fascinating & intriguing. It's nowonder its popularity continues to grow.
The 12
monthly topics feature exciting topics which remind us again and again how mathematics
describes nature, impacts the sciences, is essential to architecture,
is inseparable from music, influences the arts, exercises and
tantalizes the mind with its puzzles and problems, stimulates
and creates new technologies, and reveals the multi-dimensions
of our world and universe through its ever evolving ideas and
insights.
"A wall calendar that should be off the wallit's like have a math magazine with twelve solidly researched articles. You and your students will really have to take some time to get everything out of this publiscation. If you hang this up, expect students to be standing in front of it for a long time" The Mathematics Teacher
"...continues to astonish...among the best calendars I've seen...a positive brain-wrecker." San Francisco Chronicle
".Very functional,hone up your skills day by day. No rest for the weary with this clever calendar that will most definitely wake you up." - The Book Reader
"...a winner in the Exploratorium Store...unique...thought provoking... entertaining." - The Exploratorium Store
"It's a unique calendar. It sells well and is something that has never been done." - Stanford University Bookstore
"Wonderful! Start your day with a thoroughly bent mind, and perhaps learn a bit of math too. It's become a museum store classic." -Whole Earth Review
"Some of the most unusual items to cross our desk are The Children's Mathematics Calendar & The Mathematics Calendar. Each includes a different problem on each day of the year, along with valuable mathematical information on each month." -Today's Catholic Teacher
"designed to increase understanding and appreciation of math concepts. -The Cincinnati Post
"makes math fun as well as educational" -The Bookwatch
"People interested in the beauty and intrigue of various high school mathematics topics will like The Mathematics Calendar. Pappas's efforts could lead to many meaningful classroom discussions and projects". - The Mathematics Teacher
opens to 11"x17" · $10.95
·ISBN:1-884550-40-1 · color illustrations throughout
Experience the Beauty of Mathematics Through Quotations
by Theoni Pappas
Learn what Alice in Wonderland, Albert Einstein, William Shakespeare, Mae West, Plato and others have to say about mathematics.
THE MUSIC OF REASON is a compendium of profound and profane thoughts
on mathematics by mathematicians, scientists, authors and artists.
This collection of quotes - a mixed bag of the humorous and the
philosophical -is a thought-provoking sampler on mathematics,
dealing with mathematics and the imaginations, the arts, history,
nature, numbers, sciences, computers and much more. Students,
teachers and others will all enjoy this collection of thoughtful
and humorous quotes.
" divided into fifteen categories each category preceded by a short commentary by the author. integrating mathematics to with such subjects as science, history, English, art, and music, the quotations from this book can act as a springboard for some lively discussions linking mathematics to other subjects and the real world will complement the collections of mathematicians and mathematics educators alike." The Mathematics Teacher
$9.95
5"x7" illustrated throughout
128 pp·ISBN:1-884550-04-5
An Optical Illusion Slide Show
by Theoni Pappas
- · 40 high quality 35-mm slides
- · related text
- · commentary · problem set
- ·for math & science enrichment
"text brilliantly explains how each illusion deceives." Cuisenaire
"...almost every line-drawn optical illusion one can think of plus excellent photos from the real world. You will like these slides. Students can learn and enjoy." The Mathematics TeacherTable of Contents
note to reader glossary introduction slide show & commentary problem exercises problem solutions appendix brief historical note
- The commentary for the slide show may be read verbatim or the information can easily be adapted to individual needs. In conjunction with many slides, questions are posed for viewers. The answers to these questions are written in the booklet in parentheses next to the question.
- The exercise problems can be easily reproduced and the solutions are included.
·$29.95 - ISBN:0-933174-78-0
32 page illustrated booklet with a set of 40 slide
by Theoni Pappas
Pappas has come up with yet another way to make math part of your life. Not a calendar, not a reference book, but a compendium of mathematical information that will give you your math fix everyday.
Each day -
- kick starts your brain with a problem or puzzle (detailed solutions are included)
- has a mathematical quote to inspire the other side of your brain
- features a historical or current math note
- has its date expressed in another number system
ISBN:
1-884550-20-7 · $12.95
· 5.5"x8.5" · 256 pages · illustrated
by Theoni Pappas
MATHEMATICAL FOOTPRINTS is another gem by the creator of THE MATHEMATICS CALENDAR and author of THE JOY OF MATHEMATICS.
"Pappas's books have been gold mines of mathematical entertainment...spreading inspirational and mathematical good cheer. "Jon Scieszka, author of Math Curse
MATHEMATICAL FOOTPRINTS takes a creative look at the role mathematics has played since prehistoric times, and will play in the future, and uncovers mathematics where you least expect to find it from its many uses in medicine, the sciences, and its appearance in art to its patterns in nature and its central role in the development of computers. Pappas presents mathematical ideas in a readable non-threatening manner.
·
$10.95 ISBN: 1-884550-21`-5
·240 pages · 5.5"x8.5" · photos
& illustrations throughout
FRACTALS, GOOGOLS & OTHER MATHEMATICAL TALES by Theoni Pappas.
A treasure trove of stories that make mathematical ideas come to life. Explores math concepts and topics such as real numbers, exponents, dimensions, the golden rectangle in both serious and humorous ways. Penrose the cat, the parable of p, the number line that fell apart, Leonhard the magic turtle and many others offer an amusing and entertaining way to explore and share mathematical ideas regardless of age or background.· A TOP TEN AWARD ·
for Best Children's Book
by The Educational Source
"For those you love math, for those indifferent to it, and for those who absolutely dread and fear it, this latest volume by the author of The Joy of Mathematics is an entertaining way to explore the world of numbers regardless of age or background." Bookpaper
·
$10.95 ·10"x8"
· illustrations throughout
· 64 pp ISBN: ISBN:0933174-89-6 ·
by Theoni Pappas
This was 20 th year of CHILDREN'S MATHEMATICS CALENDAR. This calendar makes math fun as well as educational. Math comes alive through the characters, ideas, stories, and challenges presented every day of every month in this one-of-a-kind calendar. Through intriguing topics like Penrose & pi cross paths, Tricky numbers, Penrose discovers the rods, The mathematics actor X, The day a line became a tangent the calendar invites children to explore mathematics, to tackle a new problem each day, and motivates them to learn how to arrive at the solution. Designed to stimulate any child's curiosity - regardless of their current interest or aptitude in mathematics - this calendar also presents an opportunity for young people to work with others in solving problems. The problems on each month range from 3rd to 8th grades.
With all new problems, topics and graphics, the 2003 edition is an excellent gift or resource for teachers, students, parents, tutors, and math buffs. Wherever it is seen, it's a conversation item because it is more than a calendar. Its popularity and success have not ebbed over the past twenty years, but on the contrary have continued to grow. It stimulates curiosity and imagination, and helps children develop a positive attitude towards math. It is uniquely designed, so that so that the math problem on each day has as its solution that date. The answer is only one small part in the process of solving a problem. The challenge is discovering how to arrive at the solution, and possibly discovering more than one method of solving the problem. Some problems have general information in addition to the mathematical information.
Theoni Pappas is committed
to demystifying mathematics. The CHILDREN'S MATHEMATICS CALENDAR
has given thousands of children and parents a new perspective
about math - it can be fun and fascinating.
"Some kids need help loving math an some just eat it up like ice cream. Here's a calendar that feeds them both." Chinaberry Book Service
"...attractively produced, represents an original idea...attracts attention, and interest of students....motivates sound educational activities." - The Arithmetic Teacher
"seeks to make math fun as well as educational." The Bookwatch
".clever, unique, helps children develop skills and learn new concepts, stimulates curiosity and presents challenges." - Gifted Children's Monthly
"A big hit with young people and others as well." The Exploratorium Store
"Some of the most unusual items to cross our desk are The Children's Mathematics Calendar and The Mathematics Calendar. Each includes a different problem for every day of the year, along with valuable mathematical information." - Today's Catholic Teacher
opens to 11"x17" · $10.95
·ISBN:1-884550-29-0
"Pick a page, any page, and let the fun begin! Theoni
Pappas's choice of stories, puzzles, and games is delightful,
challenging, and timeless." -Jackie Faillace Getgood,
Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, NCTM magazine
A book that brings mathematics to life in stories, puzzles and
challenges.
Here we find -
how the fractions were squeezed between the whole numbers
- witness the rise and fall of the Roman numerals
- do mental gymnastics with intriguing puzzles
- challenge a friend to a special game
- help factorials cut things down to size
- discover what's a zillion
- learn the magic of binary cards
- and much much more
- Lets them discover the world of mathematics.-
$10.95 · 8'x10"
· illustrations throughout
· 128 pp · ISBN: 1-884550-13-4
the mathematical cat
the mathematical cat
by Theoni Pappas
Join Penrose as he continues
on his mad cap tour of mathematical ideas.
- Venture with him when he discovers how to help the square root of 2
- Meet the fractal dragon
- Watch a tangram egg hatch
- learn how to make a square become a bird
- help nanocat get back home
- and MANY more amusing, entertaining and informative tales
while in THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF PENROSE
- discover the mathematical rep-tiles
- meet x, the mathematical actor
- meet Probably
- discover how 1+1 does not always =2.
- help Sorry Snowflake find its symmetry
- take on Napier's hot rods
- and MANY more amusing, entertaining and informative tales
All told in an enchanting and captivating style that is sure
to make mathematics fun as well as educational. The reader will
gain new insights and appreciation for mathematics and its many
facets.
"Students will find the stories interesting and will
be challenged by the suggested activities and questions. useful
as motivational stories and extensions of their lesson. This
book will help teachers develop a better understanding of skills
and concepts and to motivate students to really like mathematics."
Shirley Roberts, Teaching Children Mathematics
THE ADVENTURES OF PENROSE $10.95 · 8'x10"· illustrations throughout
· 114 pages ISBN: 1-884550-14-2
THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF PENROSE $10.95 · 8'x10"· illustrations throughout
· 128 pages ISBN: 1-884550-32-0
