Math talk : mathematical ideas in poems for two voices

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by Pappas, Theoni
[ 01. English Non Fiction ] Published by : World Wide Pub., (San Carlos, Calif. :) Physical details: 71 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Subject(s): Mathematics -- Poetry. | American poetry. Year : 1991 01. English Non Fiction Item type : 01. English Non Fiction
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Education Learning Commons 811.54 PAP Available

Presents mathematical ideas through poetic dialogues intended to be read by two people. Contents:
Forward --
Mathematics --
We are numbers --
Circles --
One --
Fractals --
Zero --
Fibonacci numbers --
Squares --
Operations --
Imaginary numbers --
Variables --
Radicals --
The MoĢˆbius strip --
Triangles --
Pi --
Prime numbers --
The 2nd-dimension --
e, pi and i --
Integers --
Tessellations --
The even numbers --
Proper fractions --
Googols --
Infinity --
The golden mean.