equations

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Polynomials

Presents the Standard Deviants approach to learning algebra, focusing on the multifaceted equations known as polynomials, and including information on polynomial graphs.

Algebra equations

Presents the Standard Deviants approach to learning pre-algebra, reviewing basic algebraic equations, explaining how to solve for variables and absolute values, and introducing graphs.

Equal shmequal

In order to have fun at a game of tug-of-war, forest animals balance the teams by using a see-saw.
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Five equations that changed the world

the power and poetry of mathematics
2014
The stories of the people and discoveries that led to the five most powerful and important scientific achievements in human history.

In pursuit of the unknown

17 equations that changed the world
2013
A history of mathematical breakthroughs, covering seventeen crucial equations, and including Pythagoras's Theorem, logarithms, and Newton's Law of Gravity.

The unknown quantity

a real and imaginary history of algebra
2007
Chronicles algebra's history from the days of Abraham to the work of nineteenth-century mathematicians Niels Henrik Abel and ?variste Galois and through the twentieth century, examining the math and showing that the development of algebra was the development of a new way of thinking.
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The secret life of equations

the 50 greatest equations and how they work
2016
Provides insight into the 650 greatest mathematical equations of all time, and how they have played a fundamental part of understanding the world.

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