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Greg tang, a lifelong lover of math, shares the techniques that have helped him solve problems in the most creative ways. Bellos background as a storyteller makes grapes of math enjoyable whether you like math or not. Answer key with reduced riddles and explanations are included. Greg tang, a lifelong lover of math, shares the techniques that have helped him. Booktopia the grapes of math, scholastic bookshelf by greg. Mama mia, pizza pie, how many mushrooms do you spy. By looking for patterns, symmetries, and familiar number combinations displayed within eyecatching pictures, math will become easier and quicker and more fun than anyone could have ever imagined. As a meandering collection of facts, stories, curiosities, and oddities in mathematics, the grapes of math is as entertaining as it is enlightening. This clever collection of puzzles could spark the interest of even the mathematically challenged. Alex bellos the grapes of math is a delicious grab bag of mathematical miscellany that includes benfords law, fractals, exponentials and imaginary numbers, the game of life, among many other goodies, all presented in a most entertaining style.
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