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living books about math–maybe found some? anyone know about these?
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Since I feel too bad to do much, I was doing some research on Amazon and accidently found these which look good I think:
vol 1
http://www.amazon.com/Mathematicians-Are-People-Too-Stories/dp/0866515097/ref=pd_sim_b_3
vol 2
http://www.amazon.com/Mathematicians-Are-People-Too-Stories/dp/0866518231/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b
anyone seen this one? is it any good?
http://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Penrose-Mathematical-Cat/dp/1884550142/ref=pd_sim_b_3
and it’s sequel
http://www.amazon.com/Further-Adventures-Penrose-Mathematical-Cat/dp/1884550320/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b
and this one–recommended even for a 6y/o
http://www.amazon.com/Fractals-Googols-Other-Mathematical-Tales/dp/0933174896/ref=pd_sim_b_3
But then found this one…which looks great and questionable at the same time…anyone read this? The concept is great. Is there much religion in it…the Main character seems to be muslim. anybody?
http://www.amazon.com/Man-Who-Counted-Collection-Mathematical/dp/0393309347/ref=wl_mb_hu_m_2_dp
and this one I object to the the word devil in the title and…am not sure it would be appropriate for conservative Christians…but…anyone have any experience with it? Is it fable like? We see many odd things in fables? But I don’t like “playing around with devils and demons”…the terminology bothers me…anyone know the tone of the book?
http://www.amazon.com/Number-Devil-Mathematical-Adventure/dp/0805062998/ref=pd_sim_b_3
I have no idea if these are living…anybody? maybe will ck at library for these. this author has written quite a few including one called Mummy Math would that one be good with mod1 I wonder?
http://www.amazon.com/Sir-Cumference-Dragon-Math-Adventure/dp/1570911649/ref=pd_sim_b_14
and a few more fun looking ones
http://www.amazon.com/Whats-Your-Angle-Pythagoras-Adventure/dp/1570911509/ref=pd_sim_b_6
http://www.amazon.com/Very-Improbable-Story-Math-Adventure/dp/1570918724/ref=pd_sim_b_6
http://www.amazon.com/Annos-Mysterious-Multiplying-Masaichiro-Anno/dp/0698117530/ref=pd_sim_b_10
and this fellow has two
http://www.amazon.com/Hundred-Hungry-Ants-Elinor-Pinczes/dp/0395971233/ref=pd_sim_b_4
and
http://www.amazon.com/Remainder-One-Elinor-J-Pinczes/dp/0618250778/ref=pd_sim_b_2
and this one we actually got from the library and we liked it.
Flatland by Edwin Abbott is also a good intro to dimensions…it is a classic…but for a bit older.
here’s one about zero
I’m stopping now. hope this helps someone. i remembered that some of you were looking for this kind of thing before.
jo
Here’s a whole website with titles to choose from:http://www.livingmath.net/
I haven’t used those yet. Here’s a free one that is popular:
http://www.greenthumbfamily.com/freebies/NumberStoriesOfLongAgo.pdf
Rachel
I don’t have any experience with the books but one thing I can suggest. When I am researching books on Amazon I like to read the reviews. I find reading the lowest reviews first is helpful as many times it will address the negative aspects of the book…then if I am still interested I’ll read the next highest reviews.
Yes it can be time consuming but I find it very helpful when I am trying to make a decision about a book.
Rachel, wow…i love the living math book list cool
sixtimemom, yes, i do that a lot…but sometimes…the reviews are still so secular..i was hoping that maybe we’d get a more balanced view…at least on the two that were suspect.
that said…after rachel’s wonderful list..i felt silly making my list above. i should have just typed it…but didn’t think of that till i was done…i guess sitting here clicking seemed easier…it’s 83 in the house right now…and i guess i was zoned out!
jo
We have Mathematians Are People Too, Penrose and The Man Who Counted. We love them all. I’m not conservative Christian so maybe this isn’t helpful. Yes the characters in TMWC are Muslim but for us it was an incredibly clever book written with a world religion slant. I see the religion part as background/scenery. It is Challenging, even for adults, but a great book to read with your child(ren) and try to figure out out together. We’ve read it twice and will likely do it again this year.
llucymypet what is the youngest grade/age would you say those would be appropriate for?
thank you nerakr
I’d say 7-8yo for Mathematicians are People Too and Penrose but older for The Man Who Counted (10-12?).
Shannon
Here’s a list I put together a while ago…very similar to the site Rachel listed.
Joanna – you should really join the living math yahoo group. I think you would enjoy it (I know I have!) and you have a lot to offer the discussion as well. It is a wonderful group and it is run by the owner of the living math site.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/livingmathforum/
I believe the members of the group addressed through discussion some of the reservations expressed above about the Number Devil, maybe you could find the discussion by searching the archives? It was a while back, maybe in the last year though.
We loved “Number Stories of Long Ago”. We did it last year as a read aloud (ages 6 and 10 then) and mostly just skipped over the problems at the end of the chapter, or did a few orally. Along with the movie “The Story of 1“, it really made a big impression.
I bought Penrose the Mathmatical Cat last year and LOST IT!!!! I have been looking for it for months :(I know that as soon as I break down and buy it again it will turn up somehow.
We have also read several of the Sir Cumference books, as well as a couple of Murderous Maths, and Grandfather Tang’s story (tangrams) comes to mind…Also The Greedy Triangle.
Thanks for bringing this up as it seems to me that a CM education should include living books about math, but they are not as commonly discussed on CM sites as are books in the other subject areas.
Just wanted to add these that we have! This one is learning math with popular art. Monet, VanGogh, Dali, and more
http://www.amazon.com/Grapes-Math-Greg-Tang/dp/0439598400/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1313956766&sr=8-1
This one uses pictures and riddles. http://www.amazon.com/Math-Potatoes-Mind-stretching-Brain-Food/dp/0439443903/ref=pd_sim_b_4
Also,http://www.amazon.com/Math-terpieces-Greg-Tang/dp/0439443881/ref=pd_sim_b_2
And http://www.amazon.com/Math-All-Seasons-Scholastic-Bookshelf/dp/0439755379/ref=pd_sim_b_3#
This one uses fables http://www.amazon.com/Math-Fables-Greg-Tang/dp/0439453992/ref=pd_sim_b_3
Have fun!
What about Complete Math and Literature and Math and Non Fiction Series? I’ve never used them but I have heard very good things about them.
http://www.mathsolutions.com/index.cfm?page=wp18&contentid=112&crid=96&mcrid=108
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