Its a Numberful World: How Math Is Hiding Everywhere-from the Crown of a Tree to the Sound of a Sine Wave

ISBN: 1615196129

Author: Woo, Eddie

Condition: Used

2021 Mathical Honor BookWhy arent left-handers extinct?What makes a rainbow round?How is a pancreas . . . like a pendulum? Publishers note: Its a Numberful World was published in Australia under the title Woos Wonderful World of Maths.These may not look like math questions, but they are-because they all have to do with patterns. And mathematics, at heart, is the study of patterns.That realization changed Eddie Woos life-by turning the dry subject he dreaded in high school into a boundless quest for discovery. Now an award-winning math teacher, Woo sees patterns everywhere: in the branches of blood vessels and lightning, in the growth of a savings account and a sunflower, even in his morning cup of tea!Here are twenty-six bite-size chapters on the hidden mathematical marvels that encrypt our email, enchant our senses, and even keep us alive-from the sine waves we hear as music to the mysterious golden ratio.This book will change your mind about what math can be. We are all born mathematicians-and Its a Numberful World. Two-color diagrams throughout 42 B&W photographs