Pi of Life - The Hidden Happiness of Mathematics

Blending classic wisdom with over 100 pop culture references, Singh whimsically switches the lens in this book from the traditional society teaching math to a new and bold math teaching society. With charming buoyancy and intimacy, he takes us on an emotional and surprising journey through the deepest goldmine of mathematics-our personal happiness.

List of contents

Foreword
James Tanton

Introduction

Chapter 1: Zero (Humility)

Chapter 2: One Plus Two (Simplicity)

Chapter 3: Q.E.D. (Courage)

Chapter 4: Infinity (Curiosity)

Chapter 5: Negative Square Root (Gratitude)

Chapter 6: Seventeen (Health)

Chapter 7: M.E. (Power)

Chapter 8: ABC'd (Resilience)

Chapter 9: Thirty-Seven (Laughter)

Chapter 10: Phi (Connection)

Chapter 11: Pi (Hope)

About the Author

Index

About the author

Sunil Singh is a Lead Ambassador for The Global Math Project and was a regular contributor to The New York Times Numberplay blog. A self-proclaimed "math jester", he travels all over North America as a speaker/presenter sharing the joy of mathematics.

Summary

Blending classic wisdom with over 100 pop culture references, Singh whimsically switches the lens in this book from the traditional society teaching math to a new and bold math teaching society. With charming buoyancy and intimacy, he takes us on an emotional and surprising journey through the deepest goldmine of mathematics-our personal happiness.

Product details

• Authors: Sunil Singh, Singh Sunil
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.07.2017
• EAN: 9781475833751
• ISBN: 978-1-4758-3375-1
• No. of pages: 206
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; JUVENILE NONFICTION / Mathematics / General, Teaching of a specific subject, Educational: Mathematics & numeracy, Educational: Mathematics and numeracy, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / General