On 2010-03-06 CFH, Blue Ridge Summit, PA USA wrote: This book is not written in an overly serious manner and some readers might be put off by the cartoon Albert Einstein and assorted mice that add commentary throughout the sections, but the underlying mathematical and scientific principles are indeed important for all students to understand.
My sister (an ex-NASA engineer) recommended this book for my fairly advanced 8th grade son, but I was a little put off because at first glance it seemed that this book was way below his level. Interestingly enough, I was hooked after the first few sections and ended up reading all of the way through in one sitting. It refreshed some science and math facts I had long forgotten (like how to calculate the size of the Earth) and actually taught me some historical things I didn´t know.
Students will also benefit from the questions asked at the end of each section and the answers are in the back of the book.
This is a surprisingly enjoyable and informative book that really should be on any future science and math oriented student´s reading list. Adults will also likely enjoy it, especially Chapter 7 which covers lying with statistics.
Recommended!
CFH. And summed up by saying Fun and Informative Book of Math and Science Facts - Recommended!. Currently The Ten Things All Future Mathematicians and Scientists Must Know (But are Rarely Taught) has an overall rating of 8 over 10.
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Hickory Grove Press claimed Mathematicians and scientists have been closely tied to many famous disasters. The Challenger explosion, the failure of the Mars Orbiter, and the Kansas City Hyatt Regency walkway collapse all involved thinking errors. This book presents the ten things our future mathematicians and scientists must know to prevent these kinds of tragedies from occurring. Because science and mathematics instruction is often dominated by facts and calculation, children are rarely exposed to these important concepts. Over 50 stories are included that show children the strong connections between mathematics and science and the real world. a)Sister Elizabeth Kenny discovered an effective treatment for polio, but it was ignored by the medical establishment for 30 years. b)Engineers tried to stop the Challenger launch because of concerns that the o-rings might fail in the cold temperatures. They were ignored. c)Dr. Semmelweis discovered why thousands of women who gave birth at hospitals were dying and a simple way to stop the deaths. His colleagues ignored his discovery and thousands of women continued to die. d)How a simple design mistake led to 114 deaths when a walkway collapsed at the Kansas City Regency Hotel. Questions are included at the end of each chapter to test the reader’s understanding of each concept.
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