infinite

"X and Y are desperate to bake infinite pie! With the help of quirky and uber-smart Aunt Z, X and Y will use math concepts to bake their way to success!"--Provided by publisher.

"Defining infinity is difficult. But there is one thing people do every day that leads to infinity counting. No matter what large number you name, there is always a larger number. By reading this book, kids can begin to think about this and other powerful ideas involving infinity, including how infinity relates to rocket science. Featuring clear text and beautiful photographs, this is an excellent choice for kids who want to delve deeper into math and science and for those ready to look at the world in a new way" From the publisher's web site.

"What is infinity? It's reading the last line of a book and imagining the rest. No, wait, it's the instruction manual for the machine that operates the sun and the stars. In unexpected observations, . . . images, and even some equations, . . . Argentinian author-illustrator Pablo Bernasconi . . . offers up verses about what infinity could mean to all of us"--Provided by publisher.

After the sight of a night sky filled with stars makes eight-year-old Uma feel very small, she asks people how they think about infinity and gets a variety of answers before realizing the comfort in knowing that some things go on forever.

Learn math tricks that can be done with times tables, zip codes, magic squares, as well as codes to secret messages.

The author argues that all progress, in scientific understanding, technology, political institutions, moral values, art, and every aspect of human welfare, has resulted from the quest for what he calls good explanations, and contends that progress has no necessary end.

Provides answers to 150 questions about the concept of infinity.

Presents a tour through the world of mathematics, focusing on the concept of the infinite.