Book Detail
Boy Who Loved Math, The |
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Publication Information |
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| Author: Helligman, Deborah | Illustrator: Pham, LeUyen | ||||||||
| Title: Boy Who Loved Math, The | Date: 2013 | ||||||||
| Publisher: Roaring Brook Press | City: New York | ||||||||
| ISBN, paperback: 9781596433076 | ISBN, hardback: | ||||||||
Recommended audience: |
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| ABE/ABLE: Yes | ESOL: | ||||||||
| Family: | Young Adult: Yes | ||||||||
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General Information: |
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| Book Type(s): biography and autobiography, easy reading, nonfiction, true story | |||||||||
HSE Descriptor(s): math |
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Summary: |
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| Paul Erdos was a one of a kind character who loved math above all else. He was a savant who traveled the world as a math celebrity becoming a math superstar and in so doing celebrated math and created a public following. | |||||||||
Teaching Ideas: |
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| Great introduction to number concepts, such as positive and negative numbers,prime numbers, proofs, epsilons, Erdos numbers, mathematicians, and mathematical theories. Author and Illustrator notes at end of book insightful as to how they researched about Erdos. Research other math celebrities. Use the book to find the hidden meaning of the numbers on each and every page. | |||||||||
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