Figuring It Out: Entertaining Encounters with Everyday Math by Nuno Crato
227 pages | Springer; 1st Edition. edition (October 8, 2010) | ISBN: 3642048323 | PDF | 11 MB
This is a book of mathematical stories — funny and puzzling mathematical stories. They tell of villains who try to steal secrets, heroes who encode their messages, and mathematicians who spend years on end searching for the best way to pile oranges. There are also stories about highway confusions occurring when the rules of Cartesian geometry are ignored, small-change errors due to ignorance of ancient paradoxes, and mistakes in calendars arising from poor numerical approximations.
Mathematics in Context: Figuring All the Angles
Holt McDougal | 2006 | ISBN: 0030396220 | 64 pages | PDF | 10 MB
Mathematics in Context is a comprehensive curriculum for the middle grades. It was developed in 1991 through 1997 in collaboration with the Wisconsin Center for Education Research, School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Freudenthal Institute at the University of Utrecht, The Netherlands Preface
Figuring Out the Fingerboard-A Flatpicker's Guide To Improvising
DVDRip | 640x480 | AVI | XVID 1197 kbps | 29.97 fps | Aspect ratio: 4:3 | Audio: MP3 128 kpbs @ 44.1 KHz | 879 MB
Actors: Steve Kaufman | Directors: Happy Traum | Studio: Homespun Tapes
Run Time: 90 minutes | DVD Release Date: January 1, 2005
Genre: Guitar Training
If you’ve ever wondered how the hot flatpickers improvise solos using the entire length of the guitar fingerboard, and wished you could take your own distinctive breaks in jam sessions or performances, then this DVD is for you!