Ridgway Public Library

For seven years, Paul Lockhart's A Mathematician's Lament enjoyed a samizdat-style popularity in the mathematics underground, before demand prompted its 2009 publication to even wider applause and debate. An impassioned critique of K-12 mathematics education, it outlined how we shortchange students by introducing them to math the wrong way. Here Lockhart offers the positive side of the math education story by showing us how math should be done. Measurement...

Geometry defines the world around us, helping us make sense of everything from architecture to military science to fashion. And for over two thousand years, geometry has been equated with Euclid's Elements, arguably the most influential book in the history of mathematics. In The King of Infinite Space, renowned mathematics writer David Berlinski provides a concise homage to this elusive mathematician and his staggering achievements. Berlinski shows...

This book covers the alphabet, counting, opposites, shapes, colors, and seasons and uses bright photos of retro toys to illustrate these topics.

Shapes are all around. Find them in the unusual pictures of this book.

Uses a story about Radius, the son of Sir Cumference and Lady Di of Ameter, to introduce angles.

Photographs of familiar objects such as chair, barrettes, and manhole cover present a study of rounded and angular shapes.

Illustrations and easy-to-read text present a number of different shapes.

Rhyming text introduces spheres and invites readers to find them throughout the book.