Math Stuff | 
 enlarge | Author: Theoni Pappas
Publisher: Wide World Publishing, Tetra
Category: Book
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 1005986
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Pages: 256
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.8 x 0.6
ISBN: 1884550266
Dewey Decimal Number: 510
EAN: 9781884550263
Publication Date: June 15, 2002
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Product Description
Whether one is adjusting the settings of a camera, doing financial planning, or just talking about the weather, everyone is involved in mathematics every day. Theoni Pappas explores some of the many areas in which one least expects to find “math stuff.” Readers learn how computers get stressed out, how epaper works, and how codes and numbers affect the body. “Pappas demystifies mathematics.” — The New York Times
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Math Stuff is Awful March 1, 2004
Herbert F. Helbig (Damariscotta, ME United States)
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
I haven't finished Math Stuff - I couldn't. It's full of errors both grammatical and factual. What finally stopped me was the chapter, "mathematical private eyes", page 27. In its three pages the word isotropic appears ten times. The correct word is isotopic. One sentence reads, "The isotropic ratios for coca leaves are determined by comparing the ratio of its carbon and nitrogen atom." Not "atoms"! And comparing the ratio to what?! This sort of sloppiness occurs throughout the book. The topics are interesting, but the treatment is terrible, and not fit for educational material. If you don't buy this book, you will save Theoni Pappas some embarrassment!
Holy... freaking... crap... February 28, 2006
anonymous
5 out of 8 found this review helpful
This one time, I shot myself in the brain. Twice. It made me quite a bit stupider than I used to be, but it was NOTHING compared to reading this book. Do not ever buy "Math Stuff". If you have to read it for school, drop out. Seriously. I read the first 40ish pages, and at some times it seemed like the author had drooled on her keyoard without realizing it and the resultant short circuits inserted a bunch of random letters. After spell check fixed them into English words, a publisher took pity on the poor retarded woman and printed up a few copies, one of which had the misfortune to drop into my math teacher's hands. I am currently writing a report on this repulsive turd of a book, and I want to find a small defenseless furry animal to kick in the ribs.
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