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Pigs on the Ball Pigs on the Ball Amy Axelrod The Pig family visits a miniature golf course and learns about shapes, angles, and geometry. OL112592W
Flatland Flatland Sajad Hussain,Trains of Trains of Thought Publishing,Edward Abbott,Joel Dueck,Edwin Abbott Abbott,Monty Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions, though written in 1884, is still considered useful in thinking about multiple dimensions. It is also seen as a satirical depiction of Victorian society and its… OL118388W
Rectangles Rectangles Dana Meachen Rau "Identifies rectangles in the world"--Provided by publisher. OL14859705W
Rectangles Rectangles Sarah L Schuette Rectangles are shapes with two sides that are short and two that are long. Learn what rectangles do, where they are found, and other fun rectangles. Become a shape expert and check out Rectangles t… OL15172050W
Shapes Shapes Sally Hewitt Uses familiar objects and everyday situations to explore the world of shapes. Includes games and activities. OL15268237W
Geometry smarts! Geometry smarts! Lucille Caron "Re-inforce classroom learning of geometry skills such as points, lines, planes, triangles, circles, quadrilaterals, perimeter, area, and circumference"-- OL16298178W
Giuseppe Peano between mathematics and logic Giuseppe Peano between mathematics and logic Fulvia Skof Contains the papers developing out the presentations given at the International Conference organized by the Torino Academy of Sciences and the Department of Mathematics Giuseppe Peano of the Torino U… OL16485421W
Measurement Measurement Paul Lockhart Explains how math should be done. With plain English and pictures, he makes complex ideas about shape and motion intuitive and graspable, and offers a solution to math phobia by introducing us to mat… OL16591731W
Totally positive matrices Totally positive matrices Allan Pinkus "Totally positive matrices constitute a particular class of matrices, the study of which was initiated by analysts because of its many applications in diverse areas. This modern account of the subjec… OL16959947W
New trends in geometry New trends in geometry L. Boi,Corrado Sinigaglia,C. Bartocci This volume focuses on the interactions between mathematics, physics, biology and neuroscience by exploring new geometrical and topological modelling in these fields. Among the highlights are the cen… OL16983979W
How many? How many? Ron Van der Meer Features intricately designed, multicolored sculptures that invite readers to find and count as many items of a certain shape as they can on each spread, including shapes within shapes, shapes of dif… OL1742800W
Figuras Shapes Figuras Shapes Charles Reasoner Introduces readers to such shapes as rectangles, squares, circles, and triangles. OL17428834W
A toy store summer A toy store summer John Perritano "The mathematical concept of area is introduced as a girl works at her first job collecting toys from a toy store warehouse. Readers learn two methods to find area: using an array to count square uni… OL17836819W
Sea slime Sea slime Ellen J. Prager "Snails and sea slugs use Sea Slime. But, did you know that coral and clownfish need slime too? Marine scientist Ellen Prager takes us deep into the sea to introduce us to fascinating and bizarre ani… OL17870737W
Spheres Spheres Nancy Furstinger Introduces spheres to young readers, including what they look like, how they work, and examples of different spherical shapes in nature. OL17909956W
Exploring shapes Exploring shapes King, Andrew Games and projects introduce two-dimensional and three-dimensional shapes, including the square, rectangle, triangle, circle, and polygon. OL1800537W
Geometric morphometrics for biologists Geometric morphometrics for biologists Miriam Zelditch,Donald Swiderski,David H Sheets,William Fink "This book will be an invaluable primer for all biologists with an interest in and need to describe and compare shape and form, from the micro to the macro levels: comparative anatomists, taxonomists… OL18427506W
Fire engine shapes Fire engine shapes Bruce McMillan Photographs of various parts of a fire engine depict different geometrical shapes. OL1846697W
Shapes and patterns Shapes and patterns Karina Law "Provides young readers with an introduction to shapes and patterns and describes how they are used in their daily life"--Provided by publisher. OL18711634W
Geometric integration theory Geometric integration theory Steven G. Krantz "This textbook introduces geometric measure theory through the notion of currents. Currents - continuous linear functionals on spaces of differential forms - are a natural language in which to formul… OL1931682W
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