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Title: Big Numbers by Edward Packard ISBN: 0761315705 Publisher: Millbrook Press Pub. Date: March, 2000 Format: Library Binding Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.90 |
Average Customer Rating: 4
Rating: 3
Summary: Great idea, modest success
Comment: I was really excited about this book. Peas, peas and yet more peas -- it sounds like a great way to visually present the idea of exponential growth in mathematics. The execution of this idea, however, is only moderately successful.
This is only my opinion and may not be true for all readers, but I found the presentation inhibited rather than clarified the concept. Sometimes two pictures were on the same page and the graphics were very busy -- many characters, inserts and dialogue balloons detracted from the impact of seeing a growing pile of peas. Perhaps you remember the film "Powers of Ten" that showed a couple picnicking and then distanced the camera from them exponentially; that film was elegant and evocative. This was pretty messy. As I said, though, this is my opinion and kids may love it.
Rating: 5
Summary: Intelligent and fun book for kids
Comment: We are in the process of buying our second copy of this book for another grandchild, because we are impressed with the fun but intelligent way it presents for children the concepts associated with big numbers. It is a pleasure to see a book for children that presents fundamental scientific principles with fun and wonder. It's a winner.
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Title: Can You Count to a Googol? by Robert E. Wells ISBN: 0807510610 Publisher: Albert Whitman & Co Pub. Date: March, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: On Beyond a Million: An Amazing Math Journey by David M. Schwartz, Paul Meisel ISBN: 0385322178 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 07 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Amanda Bean's Amazing Dream: A Mathematical Story (Marilyn Burns Brainy Day Books) by Cindy Neuschwander, Liza Woodruff, Marilyn Burns, Liza Woodruff ISBN: 0590300121 Publisher: Scholastic Pub. Date: August, 1998 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The Adventures of Penrose the Mathematical Cat: The Mathematical Cat by Theoni Pappas ISBN: 1884550142 Publisher: Wide World Pub Tetra Pub. Date: November, 1997 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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