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Boy Who Loved Math, The
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.
| Author: Helligman, Deborah |
HSE Descriptors:
math
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Exploring the Titanic: How the Greatest Ship Ever Lost-Was Found
Author Robert Ballard led the expedition to find and explore the Titanic. This book simultaneously tells the story of the Titanic's construction, maiden voyage, sinking, and rediscovery. This is a long book, and only GED students would be able to read i
| Author: Ballard, Robert |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies | math
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Girls Think of Everything
This fascinating book focuses on some amazing inventions by woman from 5000 B.C. up to 1943.The stories are short and fun to read. The book provides a plethora of fascinating info on the achievements of woman who have affected all of our lives.
| Author: Thimmeah, Catherine |
HSE Descriptors:
language arts - reading | math | social studies | science
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If America Were a Village
Smith uses the a village of 100 people to represent the 306 millions living in the US today. Facts and illustrations create a snapshot of who we are and what we do. This book helps to define America's diversity by shrinking it to a village of 100 people
| Author: Smith, Davei J |
HSE Descriptors:
math | social studies | language arts - writing
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If the World Were a Village
The author takes the phrase "global village" literally, describing a hypothetical village of 100 people using world-wide statistics on nationality, languages, ages, religions, wealth, environmental conditions and so forth. End pages promote "world minded
| Author: Smith, David J. |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Money Sense for Kids
A simple, interesting book about money with something new for everyone that presents history and information about bills and coins and how to make money grow by earning, saving, and investing. Included are chapters on math and math games, and how-to info
| Author: Harman, Hollis Page |
HSE Descriptors:
math
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Six Days in October
This is a detailed summary if the events surrounding the Stock Market crash of 1929. Side bars explain some common financial/ investment concepts. Archival photographs, newspaper articles, and cartoons illustrate the material.
| Author: Blumenthal, Karen |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies | math
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Timelines Flight: Fliers and Flying Machines
This nonfiction book contains information related to aviation and aviators (starting with Daedalus and Icarus). The book is densely illustrated; all illustrations are captioned, and some are labeled. A time line, a glossary, and an index conclude the bo
| Author: Jefferis, David |
HSE Descriptors:
science
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