Math Talk

Who would have ever thought there was a direct way to connect mathematical concepts to poetry? Creative juices were certainly at work when this book of mathematical dialogues was created by Theoni Pappas. It presents a new way to enjoy and learn mathematical ideas via poetic dialogues read by two people. A new twist to mathematical themes.-24 delightful and informative poetic dialogues for exploring math ideas. - TOPIC POEMS INCLUDE· Mathematics · Circles · Proper fractions · Fractals· Fibonacci numbers · One · Operations · Imaginary numbers· Möbius strip · Zero · Squares · Operations· Variables · Radicals · Triangles · ·Primes · Dimensions· Golden Mean · e, & i (for three voices) · Integers · Tessellations · Even numbers· Googols · We are numbers.