Bibliograph

We've got your number, Mukul Patel, illustrated by Supriya Sahai

Type

Label

We've got your number, Mukul Patel, illustrated by Supriya Sahai

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (page [95]) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

We've got your number

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

841483977

Responsibility statement

Mukul Patel, illustrated by Supriya Sahai

Summary

Investigates all aspects of math and numbers, arranged in thematic chapters that are easy for the non-mathematical mind to navigate and understand

Table Of Contents

What is mathematics? -- Counting the cosmos -- The number line -- Number bases -- Nothing, nada, nil, zero -- Birth of math -- Unfeasibly large numbers -- An infinity of infinities -- The prime numbers -- It's a mod-n world -- Sets and logic -- Proof -- How long is a coastline? -- The imaginary world -- All out of shape -- Tessallations -- Into the 4th dimension -- Impossible objects -- Graphs and networks -- The right size -- Like rabbits -- Animal populations -- Your body in numbers -- What is life? -- Choices, choices -- Chance and risk -- Samples and averages -- Algorighms -- Keeping secrets -- Up in the air -- Construction time -- Math tales -- A sporting chance -- Laws of motion -- Orbits -- Time -- the ultimate speed limit -- Shape of the universe -- Problem solved! -- Biographies

Target audience

juvenile

resource.variantTitle

Why everything in the universe is numbers ... including youWe have got your number

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Contributor