LEADER 03381nam 2200601Ia 450 001 9910782268703321 005 20230721032759.0 010 $a1-281-96816-1 010 $a9786611968168 010 $a981-281-477-9 035 $a(CKB)1000000000538216 035 $a(DLC)2008009416 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH24685790 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000135293 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11150177 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000135293 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10056911 035 $a(PQKB)10943288 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1681491 035 $a(WSP)00006864 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1681491 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10255988 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL196816 035 $a(OCoLC)815757559 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000538216 100 $a20020228d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA day's adventure in math wonderland$b[electronic resource] /$fJin Akiyama, Mari-Jo Ruiz 210 $aRiver Edge, N. J. $cWorld Scientific$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (233 p. ) $cill. (chiefly col.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a981-281-476-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 229-233). 327 $aMath is fun? -- Fat triangles & flattened bagels -- Cool curves -- A roomful of right triangles -- Math in music -- Pachinko math -- GCF-LCM machine -- Baumkuchen, spaghetti & watermelon -- Automat(h) -- A slice of a cone -- Paper twists -- Fold and cut -- Jigsaws from tetrahedrons -- Single & double duty solids -- Reversible solids --All the way home. 330 $aMath Wonderland is a museum of interactive mathematical models in Hokkaido, Japan, founded by one of the authors, Jin Akiyama, in 2003. The models in Wonderland, many of which have been exhibited all over Japan and in cities around the world, are meant to help children and young adults discover and experience the wonders of mathematics. This book is centered around the experiences of three fictional middle-school students during a visit to Wonderland. They spend a day in Wonderland, handling the interactive models and participating in the activities offered there. At the end of the day, they leave with a genuine appreciation of mathematics gained from witnessing its beauty, applicability and inevitability. The book is an important contribution to the genre because it presents mathematics and models that have never before appeared in books in the same category: reversible solids, plane tiling with developments of tetrahedrons, and double-packable solids, which are derived from the authors' own research papers published in mathematics journals. It is designed to entertain, inform and even teach some mathematics. Although it is targeted at young adults, parents and teachers may learn something from the book as well. 606 $aMathematics$xStudy and teaching 606 $aManipulatives (Education) 615 0$aMathematics$xStudy and teaching. 615 0$aManipulatives (Education) 676 $a510 700 $aAkiyama$b J$01469524 701 $aRuiz$b Mari-Jo P$01469525 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782268703321 996 $aA day's adventure in math wonderland$93681011 997 $aUNINA