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Author : Jordan Ellenberg
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-25
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781984879066

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Shape by Jordan Ellenberg Pdf

An instant New York Times Bestseller! “Unreasonably entertaining . . . reveals how geometric thinking can allow for everything from fairer American elections to better pandemic planning.” —The New York Times From the New York Times-bestselling author of How Not to Be Wrong—himself a world-class geometer—a far-ranging exploration of the power of geometry, which turns out to help us think better about practically everything. How should a democracy choose its representatives? How can you stop a pandemic from sweeping the world? How do computers learn to play Go, and why is learning Go so much easier for them than learning to read a sentence? Can ancient Greek proportions predict the stock market? (Sorry, no.) What should your kids learn in school if they really want to learn to think? All these are questions about geometry. For real. If you're like most people, geometry is a sterile and dimly remembered exercise you gladly left behind in the dust of ninth grade, along with your braces and active romantic interest in pop singers. If you recall any of it, it's plodding through a series of miniscule steps only to prove some fact about triangles that was obvious to you in the first place. That's not geometry. Okay, it is geometry, but only a tiny part, which has as much to do with geometry in all its flush modern richness as conjugating a verb has to do with a great novel. Shape reveals the geometry underneath some of the most important scientific, political, and philosophical problems we face. Geometry asks: Where are things? Which things are near each other? How can you get from one thing to another thing? Those are important questions. The word "geometry"comes from the Greek for "measuring the world." If anything, that's an undersell. Geometry doesn't just measure the world—it explains it. Shape shows us how.

Author : Suse MacDonald
Publisher : Little Simon
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2009-06-23
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1416971475

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Shape by Shape by Suse MacDonald Pdf

What am I? I lived a long, long time ago. I had round eyes… lots of sharp teeth… This new concept book from Caldecott Honor illustrator Suse MacDonald is sure to entertain children. As readers turn the brightly colored, die cut pages, shapes on each page come together to reveal a creature from long ago. Page by page, MacDonald’s bright, cut-paper, collage-style artwork transforms circles into eyes and triangles into scales until a familiar creature is revealed, with the aid of a large fold-out page, on the final spread. This 9 X 9 jacketed hardcover has die-cut cardstock pages.

Author : Christopher Danielson
Publisher : Charlesbridge Publishing
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2019-02-12
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781580899444

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Which One Doesn't Belong? by Christopher Danielson Pdf

Talking math with your child is simple and even entertaining with this better approach to shapes! Written by a celebrated math educator, this innovative inquiry encourages critical thinking and sparks memorable mathematical conversations. Children and their parents answer the same question about each set of four shapes: "Which one doesn't belong?" There's no one right answer--the important thing is to have a reason why. Kids might describe the shapes as squished, smooshed, dented, or even goofy. But when they justify their thinking, they're talking math! Winner of the Mathical Book Prize for books that inspire children to see math all around them. "This is one shape book that will both challenge readers' thinking and encourage them to think outside the box."--Kirkus Reviews, STARRED review

Author : Karen Messing
Publisher : Between the Lines
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2021-04-05
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781771135429

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Bent out of Shape by Karen Messing Pdf

Award-winning ergonomist Karen Messing is talking with women—women who wire circuit boards, sew clothes, clean toilets, drive forklifts, care for children, serve food, run labs. What she finds is a workforce in harm’s way, choked into silence, whose physical and mental health invariably comes in second place: underestimated, underrepresented, understudied, underpaid. Should workplaces treat all bodies the same? With confidence, empathy, and humour, Messing navigates the minefield that is naming sex and biology on the job, refusing to play into stereotypes or play down the lived experiences of women. Her findings leap beyond thermostat settings and adjustable chairs and into candid, deeply reported storytelling that follows in the muckraking tradition of social critic Barbara Ehrenreich. Messing’s questions are vexing and her demands are bold: we need to dare to direct attention to women’s bodies, champion solidarity, stamp out shame, and transform the workplace—a task that turns out to be as scientific as it is political.

Author : Emmett Alexander
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2015-07-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781482425659

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Sort It by Color by Emmett Alexander Pdf

Learning to identify colors is an essential skill in the early elementary classroom. Learning to sort by color takes this aptitude one step further. Through accessible text and helpful photographs, beginning readers will be able to see familiar objects, such as toys and crayons, both mixed up and sorted into their favorite colors. They'll be able to demonstrate their mastery of the concept by this inviting book's end.

Author : Ellen Stoll Walsh
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 43 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-12
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781328740533

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Mouse Shapes by Ellen Stoll Walsh Pdf

Three mice make a variety of things out of different shapes as they hide from a scary cat.

Author : Alan Baker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1999-09-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780753452554

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Brown Rabbit's Shapes by Alan Baker Pdf

Brown Rabbit finds a box of balloons and creates various shapes from them.

Author : Hamid Laga,Yulan Guo,Hedi Tabia,Robert B. Fisher,Mohammed Bennamoun
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2018-12-14
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781119405191

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3D Shape Analysis by Hamid Laga,Yulan Guo,Hedi Tabia,Robert B. Fisher,Mohammed Bennamoun Pdf

An in-depth description of the state-of-the-art of 3D shape analysis techniques and their applications This book discusses the different topics that come under the title of "3D shape analysis". It covers the theoretical foundations and the major solutions that have been presented in the literature. It also establishes links between solutions proposed by different communities that studied 3D shape, such as mathematics and statistics, medical imaging, computer vision, and computer graphics. The first part of 3D Shape Analysis: Fundamentals, Theory, and Applications provides a review of the background concepts such as methods for the acquisition and representation of 3D geometries, and the fundamentals of geometry and topology. It specifically covers stereo matching, structured light, and intrinsic vs. extrinsic properties of shape. Parts 2 and 3 present a range of mathematical and algorithmic tools (which are used for e.g., global descriptors, keypoint detectors, local feature descriptors, and algorithms) that are commonly used for the detection, registration, recognition, classification, and retrieval of 3D objects. Both also place strong emphasis on recent techniques motivated by the spread of commodity devices for 3D acquisition. Part 4 demonstrates the use of these techniques in a selection of 3D shape analysis applications. It covers 3D face recognition, object recognition in 3D scenes, and 3D shape retrieval. It also discusses examples of semantic applications and cross domain 3D retrieval, i.e. how to retrieve 3D models using various types of modalities, e.g. sketches and/or images. The book concludes with a summary of the main ideas and discussions of the future trends. 3D Shape Analysis: Fundamentals, Theory, and Applications is an excellent reference for graduate students, researchers, and professionals in different fields of mathematics, computer science, and engineering. It is also ideal for courses in computer vision and computer graphics, as well as for those seeking 3D industrial/commercial solutions.

Author : Antonio Concilio,Vincenza Antonucci,Ferdinando Auricchio,Leonardo Lecce,Elio Sacco
Publisher : Butterworth-Heinemann
Page : 936 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2021-01-13
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780128192672

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Shape Memory Alloy Engineering by Antonio Concilio,Vincenza Antonucci,Ferdinando Auricchio,Leonardo Lecce,Elio Sacco Pdf

Shape Memory Alloy Engineering: For Aerospace, Structural and Biomedical Applications, Second Edition embraces new advancements in materials, systems and applications introduced since the first edition. Readers will gain an understanding of the intrinsic properties of SMAs and their characteristic state diagrams. Sections address modeling and design process aspects, explore recent applications, and discuss research activities aimed at making new devices for innovative implementations. The book discusses both the potential of these fascinating materials, their limitations in everyday life, and tactics on how to overcome some limitations in order to achieve proper design of useful SMA mechanisms. Provides a greatly expanded scope, looking at new applications of SMA devices and current research activities Covers all aspects of SMA technology - from a global state-of-the-art survey, to the classification of existing materials, basic material design, material manufacture, and from device engineering design to implementation within actual systems Presents the material within a modular architecture over different topics, from material conception to practical engineering realization

Author : Jeffrey R. Weeks
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2001-12-12
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781135542658

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The Shape of Space by Jeffrey R. Weeks Pdf

Maintaining the standard of excellence set by the previous edition, this textbook covers the basic geometry of two- and three-dimensional spaces Written by a master expositor, leading researcher in the field, and MacArthur Fellow, it includes experiments to determine the true shape of the universe and contains illustrated examples and engaging exercises that teach mind-expanding ideas in an intuitive and informal way. Bridging the gap from geometry to the latest work in observational cosmology, the book illustrates the connection between geometry and the behavior of the physical universe and explains how radiation remaining from the big bang may reveal the actual shape of the universe.

Author : Benjamin Rosenberg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1950
Category : Air bubbles in liquids
ISBN : IOWA:31858047315894

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The Drag and Shape of Air Bubbles Moving in Liquids by Benjamin Rosenberg Pdf

Author : Thomas F. Reese
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2023-04-04
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781606068342

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George A. Kubler and the Shape of Art History by Thomas F. Reese Pdf

An illuminating intellectual biography of a pioneering and singular figure in American art history. Art historian George A. Kubler (1912–1996) was a foundational scholar of ancient American art and archaeology as well as Spanish and Portuguese architecture. During over five decades at Yale University, he published seventeen books that included innovative monographs, major works of synthesis, and an influential theoretical treatise. In this biography, Thomas F. Reese analyzes the early formation, broad career, and writings of Kubler, casting nuanced light on the origins and development of his thinking. Notable in Reese’s discussion and contextualization of Kubler’s writings is a revealing history and analysis of his Shape of Time—a book so influential to students, scholars, artists, and curious readers in multiple disciplines that it has been continuously in print since 1962. Reese reveals how pivotal its ideas were in Kubler’s own thinking: rather than focusing on problems of form as an ordering principle, he increasingly came to sequence works by how they communicate meaning. The author demonstrates how Kubler, who professed to have little interest in theory, devoted himself to the craft of art history, discovering and charting the rules that guided the propagation of structure and significance through time.

Author : Mark A. McCutcheon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Canadian poetry
ISBN : 4771992711

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Shape Your Eyes by Shutting Them by Mark A. McCutcheon Pdf

"In this inventive collection of poems, McCutcheon engages in sophisticated literary play and deploys the Surrealist practices of juxtaposition. Moving from eroticism to the macabre and from transformative quotation to the individual idiom, Shape Your Eyes by Shutting Them explores intertextuality in poetry by challenging the cultural tradition of seeing quotation as derivative."--

Author : Joan Moss,Catherine D. Bruce,Bev Caswell,Tara Flynn,Zachary Hawes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0134153499

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Taking Shape by Joan Moss,Catherine D. Bruce,Bev Caswell,Tara Flynn,Zachary Hawes Pdf

Enrich Your Geometry Curriculum and Extend Your Students' Spatial Reasoning Research shows that children with good spatial skills perform better in mathematics overall. This research-based resource is a unique blend of professional learning and classroom activities. It includes: 32 field-tested and research-based activities designed to appeal to young children Guided lesson plans, including 15 videos, that serve as models for best practice in instruction Tips on observing, questioning, and assessing young children's geometric and spatial thinking Free access to website with videos, curriculum correlations, line masters, and observation guides

Author : Jordan Ellenberg
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-25
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780241413531

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Shape by Jordan Ellenberg Pdf

The international bestseller - a whip-smart, entertaining exploration of the geometry that underlies our world, from the author of How Not to Be Wrong How should a democracy choose its representatives? How can you stop a pandemic from sweeping the world? How do computers learn to play chess? Can ancient Greek proportions predict the stock market? (Sorry, no.) What should your kids learn in school if they really want to learn to think? The answers to all these questions can be found in geometry. If you're like most people, geometry is a dimly-remembered exercise, handed down from the ancients, that you gladly left behind in school. It seemed to be a tortuous way of proving some fact about triangles that was obvious to you in the first place. That's not geometry. OK, it is geometry, but only a tiny part, that has as much to do with the modern, fast-moving discipline as conjugating a verb has to do with a great novel. In Shape, Sunday Times-bestselling author Jordan Ellenberg reveals the geometry underneath some of the most important scientific, political, and philosophical problems we face, from the spread of coronavirus to rise of machine learning. The word 'geometry,' from the Greek, means 'measuring the world.' But geometry doesn't just measure the world - it explains it. Shape shows us how.