Not Your Average Maths Book

Overview

Not Your Average Maths Bookpresents a fun and accessible look at numbers, filled with great facts and fascinating insights into numbers, their history and the mathematicians who made key breakthroughs in their fields.

Fromhow long it would take to count to a billion, towhy bubbles are always round, to what the ham sandwich theorem is,this book answers all these questions and many many more!

Not Your Average Maths Booklooks at howmaths is useful in our everyday lives, from how it is useful on the construction site to how algorithms dictate what music we listen to on our smart phones, as well assetting out a short history of maths, starting with the first written numbers, from 43,000 years ago, through all the major mathematical discoveries right up to the present day!

Complete with amathemetician’s hall of fame, highlighting some of the brilliant minds who have advanced our understanding of numbers, toawards for the most special numbersas well as explanations of what makes them so great, this book will fascinate budding mathematicians or children keen to learn about more about the world around them.

Filled with facts, and withfun illustrated layoutsand graphics to help visualise the concepts,Not Your Average Maths Bookis a perfect extracurricular companion to help inspire a love of maths and numbers in kids.

Review

An excellent reference guide to use alongside schoolwork.How It Works

About the Author:

Anna Weltman is an author and math teacher, with a passion for showing kids how math is present in the world all around us. She is co-founder of Math Munch, an online resource that provides a digest of mathematics for children and parents. The award-winning This is Not a Maths Book, written by Anna, was published by Ivy Kids in 2015.

Paul Boston studied illustration and design at Brighton University, England, and is inspired by 1950s childrens books, antique maps and diagrams, 17th Century engravings, Gothic art, and Japanese prints. Pauls charming depictions of people and places have been commissioned for global advertising campaigns, publishing projects, and editorial commissions.

Size:25 x 29.7cm
Format: Juvenile – Paperback 96 Pages
Reading Age:7 -11 years