Train Your Brain: Think Like a Mathematician
Wayland (Verlag)
978-1-5263-1657-8 (ISBN)
Help your child to develop their growth mindset as they discover how real mathematicians look at the world and how they think.
Children's brains are powerful and flexible, but they need exercising and challenging to develop. In this book they will uncover the core skills that can make a good mathematician great, and be encouraged to have a go at some simple activities to help them to train their brain to become better at applying outstanding mathematic practice.
By uncovering the way that real mathematicians look at the world and approach problems, they will be learning skills that will set them in good stead for life. Each topic is broken down into manageable chunks, so the reader can build up their skills and naturally develop their thinking.
Each book contains biographies of four top mathematicians, and the humorous illustrations throughout help the reader to understand some of the trickier concepts.
Ideal for students aged 8+ who are studying Maths or S.T.E.A.M. topics at key stage 2.
Titles in this series:
Think Like An Astronaut
Think Like An Artist
Think Like a Coder
Think Like An Engineer
Think Like A Mathematician
Think Like A Scientist
Alex Woolf has written more than 150 books, both fiction and non-fiction, mostly for children. Many of these have sold around the world and his words have been translated into over a dozen different languages. He has written on a huge range of subjects including Romans, chocolate, asteroids, sharks, Tudors, flying reptiles, soap, bees and acne. In 2019, he won a Fiction Express award for his story, Mystery at Moon Base One. Alex lives in North London with his family and two cats, Juno and Minerva. David Broadbent has been an illustrator for many a long year, he has created illustrations for different companies and people all over this planet of ours and would like to keep doing so. Books are his favourite thing to work on and he has created artwork for titles such as Do Nice be Kind Spread Happy, Be the Change, Make it Happen and The Camper Van Bible. He lives on the south coast of England with his family, including a strange dog and a three legged hamster.
1: What do mathematicians do?
1: Be logical
1: Find the proof
1: Archimedes: Mathematician and inventor
1: Solve problems
1: Think visually
1: Investigate numbers
1: Emmy Noether: Overcoming prejudice
1: Try working backwards
1: Mistakes are okay!
1: Look for patterns
1: Terry Tao: The great collaborator
1: Play games
1: Work systematically
1: Find the general rule
1: Be resilient
1: Sofya Kovalevskaya: Trailblazer
1: Put in the practice
1: Think about chance
1: Work together
1: Maths is everywhere
1: Glossary
1: Further information
1: Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 10.06.2022 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Train Your Brain |
| Illustrationen | David Broadbent |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 210 x 264 mm |
| Gewicht | 202 g |
| Themenwelt | Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Sachbücher ► Geschichte / Politik |
| Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Sachbücher ► Naturwissenschaft / Technik | |
| Schulbuch / Wörterbuch | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-5263-1657-9 / 1526316579 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-5263-1657-8 / 9781526316578 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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