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Magic of Math: Solving for X and Figuring Out Why
Magic of Math: Solving for X and Figuring Out Why | Arthur Benjamin
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A "New York Times "bestseller "The Magic of Math" is the math book you wish you had in school. Using a delightful assortment of examplesfrom ice cream scoops and poker hands to measuring mountains and making magic squaresthis book empowers you to see the beauty, simplicity, and truly magical properties behind those formulas and equations that once left your head spinning. You ll learn the key ideas of classic areas of mathematics like arithmetic, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and calculus, but you ll also have fun fooling around with Fibonacci numbers, investigating infinity, and marveling over mathematical magic tricks that will make you look like a math genius! A mathematician who is known throughout the world as the mathemagician, Arthur Benjamin mixes mathematics and magic to make the subject fun, attractive, and easy to understand. In "The Magic of Math," Benjamin does more than just teach skills: with a tip of his magic hat, he takes you on as his apprentice to teach you how to appreciate math the way he does. He motivates you to learn something new about how to solve for x, because there is real pleasure to be found in the solution to a challenging problem or in using numbers to do something useful. But what he really wants you to do is be able to figure out why, for that s where you ll find the real beauty, power, and magic of math. If you are already someone who likes math, this book will dazzle and amuse you. If you never particularly liked or understood math, Benjamin will enlighten you andwith a wave of his magic wandturn you into a math lover."
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This is so perfect! I know the pics might be a lil blurry but you get what it is. Self adhesive pockets, checkout cards, date stamper and ink, and a pencil. I love the stamp so much! This is so cool!! 😻 💕

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