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Xtreme!

extreme sports facts and stats
2011
Provides facts and statistics aboutextreme sports, including wakeboarding, snowboarding, freestyle skiing, skateboarding, BMX, motocross, rock climing, and more, highlighting the role of math in the sports.

Historical connections in Mathematics, volume III

Resources for using history of Mathematics in the classroom
1995
Contains material for teacher use in the classroom.

Historical connections in Mathematics Volume II

Resources for using history of mathematics in the classrooom
1993
Contains teacher resource materials in Mathematics for use in the classroom.

The golden mean

mathematics and the fine arts
1974
Examines the mathematical concepts of symmetry, proportion, perspective, patterns, regularity and simple ratios and their application to music, painting, sculpture and architecture.

Crop circles unlocked

2005
Analyzes the phenomenon of crop circles. Describes research that connects ancient sites, geometric influence, and clean energy principles.

Denali National Park, an Alaskan ecosystem

creating graphical representations of data
2007
Photographs, illustrations, and text describe how math is used to create graphical representations of data while learning about the ecosystem in Denali National Park in south-central Alaska.

Poetry of the universe

1996
A history of developments in mathematics from the geometry of the ancient Greeks to the twentieth-century concept of fractional dimensions, focusing on how these ideas have influenced theories in physics and expanded our understanding of the structure of the universe.

Mathletics

how gamblers, managers, and sports enthusiasts use mathematics in baseball, basketball, and football
2012
Explains how mathematics is used to make decisions in sports and sports gambling, focusing on baseball, football, and basketball.

How nurses use math

2010
Looks at some of the many ways in which nurses use math on a daily basis to determine how much medicine a patient needs, what a person's vital signs reveal about their health, and more.

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