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Humble Pi: When Math Goes Wrong in the Real World

September 16, 2020 by Jen Leave a Comment

Humble Pi: When Math Goes Wrong in the Real World by Matt Parker
Format: Book, eBook
Who it’s for: Adults

What do you get when you cross a stand-up comedian with a math enthusiast? You get Matt Parker, and his chuckle-inducing book Humble Pi. Math typically works quietly behind the scenes of life, ensuring that your internet works, your train runs smoothly on its tracks, and the calendar marches steadily onward…until, suddenly, it doesn’t.

Parker reveals the math mistakes behind some of the world’s most spectacular failures, from a bridge collapse to a stock market meltdown to an election debacle. For an entertaining tour through humanity’s mathematical stumbling blocks, find it in the catalog.

Filed Under: Recommended for Adults Tagged With: Book, eBook, Humor, Math, Nonfiction

Math Doesn’t Suck

May 8, 2019 by Christine Leave a Comment

Math Doesn’t Suck by Danica McKellar
Format: Book
Who it’s for:  Teens, Middle School

It may be hard to believe, but math really doesn’t suck.  In fact, it can be fun, or at least you can be successful at it if it’s presented the right way.  Author Danica McKellar started out as a TV actress, who you may recognize as Winnie from the Wonder Years or Elsie from The West Wing, then went on to earn a Ph.D. in mathematics and has created a series of math books for middle and high school girls that presents math in a fun and relatable way.

Math Doesn’t Suck features early middle school math concepts, along with Danica’s personal stories, real life applications, and personality quizzes – because what middle schooler doesn’t love those? The second book in the series is titled: Kiss My Math, followed by Hot X: Algebra Exposed.  The last in the series is Girls Get Curves, and yes of course, it’s about geometry!

I was a girl who loved math in school so I hope these books will inspire today’s young women to try on their smarty pants and wear them with pride!

Find it in the catalog

Filed Under: Recommended for Teens Tagged With: Girls, Math, Middle School

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