Mrs. Johnson‘s scientific contributions to the success of NASA was immeasurable! She lived a long and productive life as a scientist, though seeking attention and applause for it was secondary to the actual love for her role in it and her dedication to NASA. A true hero who lived to be 101.
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“Because Paul Erdos was a genus-and he shared his brain. He helped people with their math problems and gave them more problems to do. Plus, he was a math matchmaker.
He introduced mathematicians all over the world to one another so they could work together”
I love how this book engages readers through the intricate storytelling and vivid illustrations. The author really makes this story an enjoyable and informative read for anyone curious about the life of a mathematical genius.
pickThis book is a biography that dives into the extraordinary life of the renowned mathematician Paul Erdos. The book captures Erdos's passion for numbers and the unique way he approached math. This book does a great job of exploring his brilliant mind and his unconventional, nomadic lifestyle in the world of math.
Took my Youngest to the library for his summer reading challenge, and was not supposed to get any for myself. I resisted all the displays on the way in. But then there was a scavenger hunt for hidden posters that took us out of the children's section and all around the library, and somehow at the end of it I had picked up these three. 🤷♀️ To go with the 14 books I already have on loan. 🤪 #SendHelp
pickThis picture book about Ada Lovelace, widely regarded as the first computer programmer, explains how she got interested in math and science, and how she came to write programs to expand the possibilities for Charles Babbage‘s Analytical Engine.
August 2021 #BookSpinBingo recap:
#BookSpin read; had to return #DoubleSpin to the library because there were holds on it
Left a free space open 😱
1 bingo: B3 to O3
pickKatherine Johnson‘s story is remarkable indeed. A brilliant mathematician who was key to ensuring that the Apollo 11 mission got to the Moon and back, wih her calculations of launch and orbit trajectories. If you‘ve seen or read Hidden Figures, you should check out this book—Johnson also talks a bit about the movie.
This is exactly what's missing from textbooks. Oh yeah, you get little blurbs about Descartes and Pascal but this is the whole story. We enforce the study of the corpus without any recognition that mathematics is an epic human achievement.
It gets pretty advanced. What we teach in high school was understood by the 18th century so maybe half the book is kinda wasted.
A good read if your mathematically inclined. Indespensible if you teach the stuff.
pickThis is the first Oulipo novel I‘ve ever read. The writer used 11 different stylist forms🤯. The translator is a queen! It follows the lives of French mathematicians during the first and second world wars. Emotionally powerful
