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SAT Subject Test Mathematics Level 1 — Kaplan Test Prep

SAT Subject Test Mathematics Level 1

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Themes: History & Philosophy • Study & Teaching • Mathematics

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How Math Works A Guide to Grade School Arithmetic for Parents and Teachers

G. Arnell Williams

Themes: History & Philosophy • Study & Teaching • Mathematics

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Geometry in Our Three-dimensional World

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Themes: History & Philosophy • Study & Teaching • Mathematics

Robert Recorde The Life and Times of a Tudor Mathematician — Fenny Smith

Robert Recorde The Life and Times of a Tudor Mathematician

Themes: History & Philosophy • Study & Teaching • Mathematics

$The Magic of Math Solving for x and Figuring Out Why — Arthur Benjamin$

The Magic of Math Solving for x and Figuring Out Why

Arthur Benjamin

Themes: History & Philosophy • Study & Teaching • Mathematics

The Mathematical Century The 30 Greatest Problems of the Last 100 Years — Piergiorgio Odifreddi

The Mathematical Century The 30 Greatest Problems of the Last 100 Years

Piergiorgio Odifreddi

Themes: History & Philosophy • Study & Teaching • Mathematics

Mathematics for Human Flourishing — Francis Edward Su

Mathematics for Human Flourishing

Francis Edward Su

Themes: History & Philosophy • Study & Teaching • Mathematics

$Math in Drag — Kyne Santos$

Themes: History & Philosophy • Study & Teaching • Mathematics

Concepts and Problems for Mathematical Competitors — Alexander Sarana

Concepts and Problems for Mathematical Competitors

Alexander Sarana

Themes: History & Philosophy • Study & Teaching • Mathematics

The USSR Olympiad Problem Book Selected Problems and Theorems of Elementary Mathematics — D. O. Shklarsky

The USSR Olympiad Problem Book Selected Problems and Theorems of Elementary Mathematics

D. O. Shklarsky

Themes: History & Philosophy • Study & Teaching • Mathematics

The Red Book of Mathematical Problems — Kenneth S. Williams

The Red Book of Mathematical Problems

Kenneth S. Williams

Themes: History & Philosophy • Study & Teaching • Mathematics

Beyond Infinity An Expedition to the Outer Limits of Mathematics — Eugenia Cheng

Beyond Infinity An Expedition to the Outer Limits of Mathematics

Themes: History & Philosophy • Study & Teaching • Mathematics

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Edexcel Modular

Themes: History & Philosophy • Study & Teaching • Mathematics

Introduction to Mathematical Thinking — Keith J. Devlin

Introduction to Mathematical Thinking

Keith J. Devlin

Themes: History & Philosophy • Study & Teaching • Mathematics

A Brief Quadrivium — Peter Ulrickson

A Brief Quadrivium

Peter Ulrickson

Themes: History & Philosophy • Study & Teaching • Mathematics

Oxford Figures 800 Years of the Mathematical Sciences — John Fauvel

Oxford Figures 800 Years of the Mathematical Sciences

Themes: History & Philosophy • Study & Teaching • Mathematics

$The Joy of X A Guided Tour of Math, from One to Infinity — Steven Strogatz$

The Joy of X A Guided Tour of Math, from One to Infinity

Steven Strogatz

Themes: History & Philosophy • Study & Teaching • Mathematics

Mathematica A Secret World of Intuition and Curiosity — David Bessis

Mathematica A Secret World of Intuition and Curiosity

Themes: History & Philosophy • Study & Teaching • Mathematics

$501 Math Word Problems — LearningExpress$

501 Math Word Problems

LearningExpress

Themes: History & Philosophy • Study & Teaching • Mathematics

$50 Math Tricks That Will Change Your Life Mentally Solve the Impossible in Seconds — Tanya Zakowich$

50 Math Tricks That Will Change Your Life Mentally Solve the Impossible in Seconds

Themes: History & Philosophy • Study & Teaching • Mathematics

AQA Level 2 Certificate Further Maths Complete Study and Practice (5-9) — Trevor Senior

AQA Level 2 Certificate Further Maths Complete Study and Practice (5-9)

Themes: History & Philosophy • Study & Teaching • Mathematics

A Mathematician’s Lament — Paul Lockhart

A Mathematician’s Lament

Themes: History & Philosophy • Study & Teaching • Mathematics

$Math Common Core for Kindergarten — BarCharts, Inc$

Math Common Core for Kindergarten — BarCharts, Inc

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Themes: History & Philosophy • Study & Teaching • Mathematics

Capturing Kahanamoku How a Surfing Legend and a Scientific Obsession Redefined Race and Culture — Michael Rossi

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Themes: History & Philosophy • Study & Teaching • Reference

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