Contributions

  • Henderson, Nancy, 1952- - Contributor

Publication

1999 - Wiley, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

29,000 words, Guess

Page Count

116 pages

Identifiers

  • Internet Archivemathtrekadventur00pete
  • ISBN-100471315702
  • ISBN-139780471315704
  • Goodreads1615216
  • LibraryThing1435947
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  • Library of Congress Control Number99025900
  • Better World Books9780471315704
  • Open LibraryOL38148M

Classifications

  • DDC793.7/4
  • LCCQA95 .P435 1999
  • LCCQA95.P435 1999

Description

There's a new amusement park in town. Come on in and find out all the exciting ways you can have fun with math in everyday life. Wander through the fractal forest, take a ride on the Möbius-strip roller coaster, and get dizzy learning about how math makes the Tilt-A-Whirl possible. The more activities you try, the more you ll learn how cool it can be to see the world through the eyes of a mathematician. Once you've sampled some of the interesting and unique projects in Math Trek, from untangling unknots to winning games with weird dice to figuring out secret codes, you'll see that every trip to the MathZone is an exciting adventure!

Description

Explores various mathematical concepts--such as knots, fractals, secret codes, and chaos theory--and relates them to everyday life.

Subjects

Genres

  • Juvenile literature

Links

Other Editions

  • Math Trek: Adventures in the MathZoneWiley1999-01-01

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