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The Egyptians After a brief introduction to the history of ancient Egypt, this book focuses on their mathematical ideas. It includes an explanation of the Egyptian number system and their methods of approaching arithmetic, including fractions. It also describes their calendar and the way that they measured land areas and weights. Complete with teacher's notes and reproducible masters. £6.95 Maths & History Videos | The Greeks Following the format set by the earlier book on the Egyptians, this companion volume also focuses on mathematical ideas. It includes interesting stories about Greek mathematicians and a timeline showing the span of Greek civilisation. Plenty of historical background is given and there are lots of photocopiable activity sheets to help children discover the contribution made by the Greeks to our understanding of mathematical concepts. £6.95 | The Romans This book includes 25 photocopiable activity sheets for classroom use, notes for teachers and suggestions for extension activities. Roman numerals, coins, calendars, and measurements are all explored in their historical contexts, together with many interesting facts and stories about the Romans and their mathematics. £6.95 | ||||
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Crop Circles How curious to see a theorem of Euclid inscribed at a huge scale in a cornfield! This book is filled with a collection of wonderful photographs showing a considerable range of beautiful and unexpected patterns that have appeared in cornfields in recent years. Forget aliens from outer space, forget mysterious and unknown forces and think instead of secret mathematicians and artists at work on an epic scale. This is a delightful book and offers a splendidly quirkish manifestation of geometrical patterns. £6.95 | Crop Circle Posters Six splendid pictures of mysterious geometrical designs which have appeared recently in cornfields are reproduced as a set of six individual A2 posters and packed into a single tube. Each of the posters also includes some notes and a commentary on the pattern in the picture. An excellent discussion topic and a good starting point for commenting on the beauties inherent in mathematical patterns. How could such complex designs be achieved during the course of a single summer night? Set of six £16.00 (+ VAT) | |||
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Knot Mathematics Poster 840 x 600 mm Heather McLeay By means of 28 colourful photographs of actual knots this poster introduces the basic ideas of knot theory including endless knots, unknots, crossing numbers, trefoils and figure-eights. It raises the curious matter of mirror images and how this understanding explains the difference between a reef knot and a granny. The poster ends with six puzzle knots to identify. £3.53 (inc.VAT) |
Celtic Knots Poster The very beautiful Celtic designs on this poster are taken from many different sources including the Book of Kells and the Lindisfarne Gospels. An important characteristic of a Celtic knot is that every band passes alternately over and under the other bands that it intersects. Each design shows the geometric grids from which it has been developed and the technique could form the basis for a stimulating project or investigation. £3.53 (inc.VAT) |
The 'One Million' Poster Most children will talk freely about 'millions' or 'billions', but really have little idea of how huge a number a million is. This dramatic poster shows one million dots in a strongly structured way and also poses some questions which stimulate thought and investigation. A teacher's guide offers further ideas and suggestions for lessons and project work. £3.53 (inc.VAT) | ||||
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Spirals & Helices This splendid poster displays many beautiful photographs showing examples of three-dimensional spirals in nature and in the built environment. It also introduces and explains how right-handed and left-handed helices are fundamentally different from two-dimensional spirals and ends by showing how easy it is to calculate their lengths using the Theorem of Pythagoras. £3.53 (inc.VAT) | Spiral Spiders’ Webs Look carefully at a spider’s web and you will see a spiral which has been honed by evolution to be efficient and to make the best use of scarce resources. This poster shows a variety of different webs and explains how the design has to be a compromise between too little and too much. Will the web capture enough food to replace the energy it took to make it? An interesting set of ideas is explored in a vivid and practical way. £2.95 (+ VAT) | |||
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