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Agnesi to Zeno: Over 100 Vignettes from the
History of Math by Sanderson Smith. This 265-page survey of mathematical
thought and achievement for the secondary level contains Blackline Activity Masters and
links mathematics to the whole of human development. It traces the history of mathematics
from the earliest counting systems to modern developments in chaos theory -- in an easily
presentable format. The vignettes feature both brief biographies of influential
mathematicians and introductions to mathematical concepts, while activities encourage
in-depth research, critical thinking, and class discussion. Included are over 100
exercises from almost every branch of mathematics that give students the opportunity to
apply the concepts developed by Euclid, Maria Agnesi, Benjamin Banneker, and
many others. Answers are provided for selected exercises for which answers do
not vary, and there is an extensive bibliography to aid in research. Index is
provided. Punched for 3-hole notebook. BTH-729. $24.26-D.
Albert Einstein by Ibi
Lepscky. Barron's trade paper, 1992. When Albert was a little boy, his parents were
disappointed because he didn't do well in his school subjects or at sports. Instead he
loved to count and examine numbers. He like to study the night sky. The adults in his life
wrote him off as a dreamer. Little did they know that he was developing a scientific mind
and that he would later be recognized as a genius. For very young readers. Cat
#BAR-14529. 5.26-D
Dear
Benjamin Banneker by Andrea Davis Pinkney. Harcourt, Brace and Company,
1998. Unpaginated. Benjamin Banneker is remembered today for his almanac, the
first written by an African American, and his courage in writing to Thomas
Jefferson, then Secretary of State, in in 1791, challenging him to be consistent
in his position that all men are created equal in the sight of God. He offered
his almanac as evidence of what black men could accomplish when they had freedom
to learn. Benjamin himself was a self-taught mathematician and astronomer. His
own grandmother had taught him to read and write, using the Bible as a textbook.
This book mentions Benjamin's many accomplishments in the author's note at the
beginning of the book, but most of the book itself focuses on Benjamin's
almanac, his difficulty in finding a publisher, and his eventual success in
selling it. The gorgeous color full-page paintings by Brian Pinkney are, alone,
worth the price of the book, which is one of the best picture biographies I've
seen. BTH-2595. $5.40-D
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by
Jean Lee latham. Trade paper. This fictionalized biography of Nathaniel Bowditch, the
father of modern navigation, is a Newbery award winner that my own son loved. Just right
for junior age readers. HM-137136. $6.26-D
Leonardo da Vinci by Diane
Stanley. Trade paper oversize picture book for children 7 and up. He was born in 1452 to a
peasant woman and a country gentleman and became one of the most amazing people who ever
lived. As a boy he was apprenticed to a famous artist, but quickly became more skillful
than his teacher. He was fascinated with the human body, but because of prejudice at the
time, he had to carry out his own experiments in secret. He wrote thousands of pages of
journals with plans for incredible inventions a submarine, an air-cooling system, and even
a flying machine. There is a pronunciation guide for the foreign words in the front and
there are some of Leonardo's drawings on the text pages. Every other page is a full color
illustration similar to the one on the cover. Cat. #HC-1553. $6.26-D.
Usborne Book of Inventors From Da
Vinci to Biro by Reid and Fara. This book for ages ten and up looks at the lives of
men and women whose ideas and creations have changed our lives. It races the history of
technological development from cave days to the computer age. It is packed with
illustrations and photographs of inventions from the arch and the sewing machine to modern
weapons and computers. Step-by-step guides, reconstructions, and detailed cutaway diagrams
help capture the excitement of discovery and innovation. Cat. #EDC-07051. $8.05-D
What Are You Figuring Now? A
Story About Benjamin Banneker by Jeri Ferris. Lerner, 1988. Benjamin
Banneker was a free black man, self-educated, a farmer, astronomer, and a man
appointed by George Washington to help survey the city of Washington, D.C. He
was also the first black man to publish an almanac. And that's only part of the
story of his many accomplishments. 64 pages. BTH-2900. $4.95*