LEARN GEOMETRY FROM AN ALL-NEW ANGLE! Now anyone with an interest in basic, practical geometry can master it — without formal training, unlimited time, or a genius IQ. In Geometry Demystified, best-selling author Stan Gibilisco provides a fun, effective, and totally painless way to learn the fundamentals and general concepts of geometry. With Geometry Demystified you master the subject one simple step at a time — at your own speed. This unique self-teaching guide offers multiple-choice questions at the end of each chapter and section to pinpoint weaknesses, and a 100-question final exam to reinforce the entire book. Simple enough for beginners but challenging enough for advanced students, Geometry Demystified is your direct route to learning or brushing up on this essential math subject. Get ready to: * Learn all about points, lines, and angles * Figure out perimeters, areas, and volumes * Improve your spatial perception * Envision warped space and hyperspace * And much more!

Unified by the visual beauty of mathematics, Math in Art provides a cross-section of various mathematical areas. Beginning with a short description of Euclidean geometry, the text presents geometrical constructions exemplified by Fibonacci numbers, introduces groups of symmetries, and traces the historical development of geometry. It also reviews the basics of perspective drawing and addresses the notion of fractals. Accessible for a wide audience, the text features numerous illustrations, computer-generated graphics, photographs, and art reproductions. An accompanying CD-ROM contains animations and full-color images, while a supporting website offers additional material.

– Simplifies complex math concepts- Explains concepts using real-life situations and familiar objects- Clear linkage between text and photos- Words You Know section to reinforce text- IndexGrades K-4 National Social Studies Standards- Science As Inquiry: I- Use data to explain- Communicate findings- Physical Science: II- Properties of objects and materials: shape, weight, color, etc., and their ability to react with other materials

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Joe McGee, author, life trainer, and former school administrator, reveals eight simple yet profound principles kids need to live successfully after they leave home. A parent’s time with their kids at home is limited and before they realize it, it will be the moment for their children to move out of the house. Although it’s important to spend quality time with our children–loving them and getting to know them–it’s also important to prepare them for living life on their own. Joe McGee gives parents eight powerful principles that go beyond vocation, ethnicity, religious background, or upbringing. They are simple things parents can give their kids to help them achieve a higher standard of living-a godly standard that will bring success and God’s blessings. These principles include: feeling secure in their self esteem, having vision for their future, understanding simple math, developing organizational and time management skills, learning to be humble, developing communication skills, having strong character, and embracing a sense of humor. In the popular parenting book Raising Great Kids by Drs. Henry Cloud and John Townsend, readers learn to develop six character traits in their children – attachment, responsibility, reality, competence, morality, and worship/spiritual life. McGee presents a more rounded approach still focusing some on character, but also on practical principles that kids need to know when they leave home including math and time management skills, communication, and humor.

The bestselling guide updated and expanded for today”s mathphobes Written by two pioneers of the concept of math anxiety and how to overcome it, Arithmetic and Algebra Again has helped tens of thousands of people conquer their irrational fear of math. This revised and expanded second edition of the perennial bestseller: Features the latest techniques for breaking through common anxieties about numbers Takes a real-world approach that lets mathphobes learn the math they need as they need it Covers all key math areas–from whole numbers and fractions to basic algebra Features a section on practical math for banking, mortgages, interest, and statistics and probability Includes a new section on the graphing calculator, a chapter on the metric system, a section on word problems, and all updated exercises

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The current global marketplace demands more workers who are scientifically literate, yet few are being adequately prepared to meet that demand. Particularly underrepresented are women and minorities, who often lack the social and academic support that stimulate and sustain interest in science, math, and engineering. The authors of this book demonstrate that early intervention, especially during grades 4 through 8, can help overcome some of these obstacles. They show how increased career awareness and exposure to mentors and role models can help students see science and math-related careers as desirable and viable options. And they explain how test preparation, activity-based instruction, cooperative learning, and tutoring can help to improve academic outcomes. The authors also provide critical information on ten successful intervention programs, including MESA, Project SEED, and Operation SMART – and they offer practitioners specific guidance for developing, funding, and implementing similar programs in their own schools.

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What is the connection between this painting and physics? In Marcel Duchamp’s 1912 painting, we view a woman at several times during her descent of a staircase, very much like Einstein’s spacetime diagrams. The woman’s features are uncertain, abstract, like a blurred photographic time exposure of a moving figure. Historians believe it was no coincidence that abstract art and modern physics both originated during 1900- 1914. Early 20th century cubist painters such as Duchamp and Pablo Picasso experienced the same currents of thought that influenced the theory of relativity and the origins of quantum physics. Albert Einstein’s unification of space and time into a single abstract spacetime with time as the fourth dimension was similar to Picasso’s and Duchamp’s portrayal of reality as abstract volumes or cubes viewed from several perspectives and times simultaneously. Such connections between art and science shouldn’t be viewed from a causal perspective. It’s not as though Duchamp decided to inject relativity or quantum physics into his paintings. Instead, new ideas about space, time, and determinism were in the air, and perspective people such as Einstein, Picasso, and Duchamp reflected these ideas in their own creations. What professors are saying: This is close to ideal for true liberal arts students, especially those who want to make the world better, or at least resist unhealthy trends, and who want to argue about the things they care about. The author has a passion for relevance and environmental issues. -Doanld Franceshetti, University of Memphis Hobson’s textbook is both well named and well constructed. Its coverage of modern physics presents a conceptual grasp of some ofthe most exciting developments in the physics of our day. -Leon M. Lederman, Pritzker Professor of Science, IIT (Illinois Institute of Technology); Resident Scholar, IMSA (Illinois Math and Science Academy); Director Emeritus, Fermilab; and Nobel Laureate Physics, 1988. Its an excellent introduction at a conceptual level to some of the basic principles of physics. He does an excellent job of developing his themes of the scientific process, the social context of physics, energy, and the significance of post-Newtonian physics. -Louis Schwartzkopf, Minnesota State University It has the best (and the most modern) discussion of quantum mechanics that I’ve ever seen-much clearer than some of the famous writers. – Marc Sher, William and Mary When I examined the first edition of Hobson’s Physics Concepts and Connections, I thought that it was the best of many physics texts for non-scientist that I had seen, and the later editions have further improvements over the first. He presents a remarkably comprehensive survey of the physical world with lucidity, accuracy, and- above all- fascination. Hobson unforgettably reminds his readers of the social implications of physics and the inseparability of knowledge and values. – Abner Shimon, Boston University