ABSTRACT

The subject of mathematics is not something distant, strange, and abstract that you can only learn about-and often dislike-in school. It is in everyday situations, such as housekeeping, communications, traffic, and weather reports. Taking you on a trip into the world of mathematics, Do I Count? Stories from Mathematics describes in a clear and capt

chapter 1|34 pages

On the Number Line

chapter 2|14 pages

The Never-Ending Story of Prime Numbers

chapter 3|14 pages

The Mathematical Perspective

chapter 4|22 pages

Caution: Equations

chapter 5|18 pages

The Small Puzzles

chapter 6|26 pages

Where Mathematics Is Created

chapter 7|18 pages

The Book of Proofs

chapter 8|16 pages

Three Legends

chapter 9|22 pages

What Kinds of People Are These?

chapter 10|12 pages

What Mathematicians Can Do