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Math made visual : creating images for understanding mathematics / Claudi Alsina and Roger B. Nelsen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Alsina, Claudi, author.
- Series:
- Classroom Resource Materials, v. 28
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mathematics--Study and teaching.
- Mathematics.
- Mathematics--Charts, diagrams, etc.
- Digital images.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 173 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- [Washington, DC] : Mathematical Association of America, c2006.
- System Details:
- Mode of access : World Wide Web
- Contents:
- Part I. Visualizing Mathematics by Creating Pictures 1. Representing Numbers by Graphical Elements 2. Representing Numbers by Lengths of Segments 3. Representing Numbers by Areas of Plane Figures 4. Representing Numbers by Volumes of Objects 5. Identifying Key Elements 6. Employing Isometry 7. Employing Similarity 8. Area-preserving Transformations 9. Escaping from the Plane 10. Overlaying Tiles 11. Playing with Several Copies 12. Sequential Frames 13. Geometric Dissections 14. Moving Frames 15. Iterative Procedures 16. Introducing Colors 17. Visualization by Inclusion 18. Ingenuity in 3D 19. Using 3D Models 20. Combining Techniques Part II. Visualization in the Classroom Mathematical drawings: a short historical perspective On visual thinking Visualization in the classroom On the role of hands-on materials Everyday life objects as resources Making models of polyhedra Using soap bubbles Lighting results Mirror images Towards creativity Part III. Hints and Solutions to the Challenges Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-168) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Providence, Rhode Island : American Mathematical Society. 2012
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781614441007 (online)
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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