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1, 2, 3, To the Zooby Eric CarleISBN 0448444933 (0-448-44493-3)
Softcover, Grosset & Dunlap
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› Find signed collectible books: '1,2,3 to the Zoo: A Coloring Book'Book summary:Joyously colored animals, riding on a train to the zoo, offer youngsters a first introduction to numbers, number sets, addition and counting in this paperback reissue of Eric Carle's first picture book. A gatefold spread at the back of the book, featuring the whole wonderful animal train, adds to the fun![via]More editions of 1, 2, 3, To the Zoo:
- 1, 2, 3, To the Zoo: ISBN 0698116453 (0-698-11645-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA - 1, 2, 3, To the Zoo: ISBN 0399230130 (0-399-23013-0)
Hardcover, Philomel Books - 1, 2, 3, To the Zoo: ISBN 039961172X (0-399-61172-X)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group - 1, 2, 3, To the Zoo: ISBN 0399207724 (0-399-20772-4)
Hardcover, Philomel Books - 1, 2, 3, To the Zoo: ISBN 0808528858 (0-8085-2885-8)
Hardcover, Bt Bound - 1,2,3 to the Zoo: A Coloring Book: ISBN 0448444933 (0-448-44493-3)
Softcover, Grosset & Dunlap
- 1, 2, 3, To the Zoo: ISBN 0698116453 (0-698-11645-3)
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26 Letters and 99 Centsby Tana HobanISBN 068814389X (0-688-14389-X)
Softcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: '26 Letters and 99 Cents'Book summary:If you know the 26 letters of the alphabet and can count to 99 -- or are just learning -- you'll love Tana Hoban's brilliant creation. This innovative concept book is two books in one!
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Animal Numbersby Bert KitchenISBN 0718826817 (0-7188-2681-7)
Hardcover, Lutterworth Pr
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Asimov on Numbersby Isaac AsimovISBN 067149404X (0-671-49404-X)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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Asimov on Numbersby Outlet Book Company Staff, Random House Value Publishing StaffISBN 0517371456 (0-517-37145-6)
Hardcover, Random House Value Publishing
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Be Countedby Warren W. WiersbeISBN 1564767035 (1-56476-703-5)
Softcover, David C Cook
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Book of Numbersby Timothy R. AshleyISBN 0802825230 (0-8028-2523-0)
Hardcover, Eerdmans Pub Co
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Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant A Memoirby Daniel TammetISBN 1416535071 (1-4165-3507-1)
Hardcover, Free Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant A Memoir'Book summary:Born on a Blue Day is a journey into one of the most fascinating minds alive todayguided by the owner himself. Daniel Tammet is virtually unique among people who have severe autistic disorders in that he is capable of living a fully independent life and able to explain what is happening inside his head.
He sees numbers as shapes, colors, and textures, and he can perform extraordinary calculations in his head. He can learn to speak new languages fluently, from scratch, in a week. In 2004, he memorized and recited more than 22,000 digits of pi, setting a record. He has savant syndrome, an extremely rare condition that gives him the most unimaginable mental powers, much like those portrayed by Dustin Hoffman in the film Rain Man.
Fascinating and inspiring, Born on a Blue Day explores what its like to be special and gives us an insight into what makes us all humanour minds. [via]
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Chicka Chicka 1, 2, 3by Michael R. Sampson, Bill Martin, Lois EhlertISBN 0689858817 (0-689-85881-7)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Chicka Chicka 1, 2, 3'Book summary:1 told 2
and 2 told 3,
"I'll race you to the top
of the apple tree."
One hundred and one numbers climb the apple tree in this bright, rollicking, joyous book for young children. As the numerals pile up and bumblebees threaten, what's the number that saves the day? (Hint: It rhymes with "hero.") Read and count and play and laugh to learn the surprising answer. [via]
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The Communicator's Commentary Numbersby James PhilipISBN 0849904099 (0-8499-0409-9)
Hardcover, W Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Communicator's Commentary Numbers'Book summary:The book of Numbers, says author and minister James Philip, "is a book that need not have been"--for it is a story of needless doubt and disobedience. Yet these negatives occur so often in modern life that the lessons learned by Israel in the book of Numbers are valuable lessons for us. And in this preachable and teachable commentary the lessons from Sinai, the wilderness, and the plains of Moab unfold in vivid imagery. [via]
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Counting Kissesby Karen KatzISBN 0689834705 (0-689-83470-5)
Hardcover, Margaret K McElderry
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Count and kiss
along with this bedtime book, now in a sturdy format perfect for the youngest readers. [via]
Dictionary of the Old Testament: Historical Booksby Carolyn Nystrom, H. G. M. WilliamsonISBN 0830817824 (0-8308-1782-4)
Hardcover, Intervarsity Pr
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Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuchby David W. BakerISBN 0851119867 (0-85111-986-7)
Hardcover, Inter Varsity Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch'Book summary:A 2003 LOGOS Book Award Winner! An ECPA 2003 Gold Medallion Finalist! The first five books of the Old Testament lay the foundation on which the rest of Scripture stands. Its great themes, epochal events and towering figures set down vectors on which the biblical story is played out. The very shape of the rest of the Old Testament would collapse were the Penteteuch to be removed. The structure of New Testament thought would be barely intelligible without it. Here we meet the great ancestral figures of Israel--Abraham, Isaac and Jacob--and the towering figure of Moses, whose presence dominates four of these five books. The creative act of God, the paradisal garden, the exile of Adam and Eve, the judgment of the great flood, the call of Abraham from among the nations, the covenant of Abraham, the exodus from Egypt, the giving of the law at Sinai, the plan of the tabernacle, the varied experiences of Israel in the wilderness, and the announcement of the covenant blessings and curses--all of these and more contribute to a work of world-formative power. This dictionary explores the major themes and contours of the Pentateuch. Behind and beneath the grandeur of the Pentateuch, issues of historicity have both puzzled and beckoned. But whereas in the mid-twentieth century many English-speaking scholars were confident of archaeological support for the patriarchal accounts, the climate has now changed. In the most extreme cases, some contemporary scholars have radically challenged the antiquity of the ancestral stories, arguing for their final composition even as late as the Hellenistic era. This dictionary examines and weighs the historical issues and poses possible solutions. The documentary hypothesis, the former reigning critical consensus, is now widely rumored to be on life support with no heir apparent. Meanwhile, conservative scholars reconsider what indeed a claim to Mosaic authorship should entail. This dictionary offers an assessment of the array of questions surrounding these issues and considers some possible ways forward for evangelical scholarship. At the same time, there has been a fruitful turning to the nature, message and art of the received text of the Pentateuch. Literary studies of brief episodes, sprawling sagas, complex narrative and even the fivefold composition of the Pentateuch itself have delivered promising and exciting results. This dictionary offers both appreciative panoramas and close-up assessments of these developments and their methods. The is the first in a four-volume series covering the text of the Old Testament. Following in the tradition of the four award-winning IVP dictionaries focused on the New Testament and its background, this encyclopedic work is characterized by close attention to the text of the Old Testament and the ongoing conversation of contemporary scholarship. In exploring the major themes and issues of the Pentateuch, editors T. Desmond Alexander and David W.Baker, with an international and expert group of scholars, inform and challenge through authoritative overviews, detailed examinations and new insights from the world of the ancient Near East. The is designed to be your first stop in the study and research of the Pentateuch, on which the rest of the Bible is built. [via]
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Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomyby Joseph T. LienhardISBN 0830814736 (0-8308-1473-6)
Hardcover, Intervarsity Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy'Book summary:From its inception the church has always had a Bible--the Jewish Scriptures. But Christians have not read these Scriptures in the same way the Jews did. They have read them in the light of what God did in Jesus the Christ. Thus the Jewish Scriptures became for Christian readers the Old Testament. This Ancient Christian Commentary on Exodus through Deuteronomy bears ample witness to this new way of reading these ancient texts. Among the earliest interpreters whose works remain extant is Origen, who virtually single-handedly assured the Old Testament a permanent place within the Christian church through his extensive commentary and reflection. His twenty-seventh homily on Numbers is particularly noteworthy for his interpretation of the forty-two stopping places in the desert wanderings as the forty-two stages of growth in the spiritual life. Among Greek-speaking interpreters, the current volume draws widely on John Chrysostom, Clement of Alexandria, Basil the Great, Gregory of Nazianzus, Gregory of Nyssa, Cyril of Alexandria, Theodoret of Cyr and John of Damascus. Among Latin-speaking interpreters, quotations from Augustine, Ambrose, Jerome, Peterius, Caesarius of Arles, Cassiodorus and Isidore are found in abundance. Ephrem and Aphrahat are represented among Syriac speakers. Numerous other interpreters are present from each grouping. Varied in texture and nuance, the interpreters included in this volume edited by Joseph T. Lienhard display a treasure house of ancient wisdom that speaks with eloquence and intellectual acumen to the church today. [via]
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Expositor's Bible Commentary: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbersby Frank E. GaebeleinISBN 031036440X (0-310-36440-X)
Hardcover, Zondervan
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Expositor's Bible Commentary: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers'Book summary:The Gold Medallion Award-winning Expositor's Bible Commentary is a major contribution to the study and understanding of the Scriptures. Providing pastors and Bible students with a comprehensive and scholarly tool for the exposition of the Scriptures and the teaching and proclamation of their message, this twelve-volume reference work has become a staple of seminary and college libraries and pastors' studies worldwide. The seventy-eight contributors come from the United States, Canada, England, Scotland, Australia, and New Zealand, and from many denominations, including Anglican, Baptist, Brethren, Methodist, Nazarene, Presbyterian, and Reformed. They represent the best in evangelical scholarship committed to the divine inspiration, complete trustworthiness, and full authority of the Bible. The Expositor's Bible Commentary uses the New International Version for its English text, but also refers freely to other translations and to the original languages. Each book of the Bible has, in addition to its exposition, an introduction, outline, and bibliography. Notes on textual questions and special problems are correlated with the expository units; transliteration and translation of Semitic and Greek words make the more technical notes accessible to readers unacquainted with the biblical languages. In matters where marked differences of opinion exist, commentators, while stating their own convictions, deal fairly and irenically with opposing views. VOLUMES AND CONTRIBUTORS Volume 1 Introductory Articles: General, Old Testament, New Testament Volume 2 Genesis: John H. Sailhamer Exodus: Walter C. Kaiser Jr. Leviticus: R. Laird Harris Numbers: Ronald B. Allen Volume 3 Deuteronomy: Earl S. Kalland Joshua: Donald H. Madvig Judges: Herbert Wolf Ruth: F. B. Huey Jr. 1, 2 Samuel: Ronald F. Youngblood Volume 4 1, 2 Kings: Richard D. Patterson and Hermann J. Austel 1, 2 Chronicles: J. Barton Payne Ezra, Nehemiah: Edwin Yamauchi Esther: F. B. Huey Jr. Job: Elmer B. Smick Volume [via]
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Five Little Monkeys Sitting in a Treeby Eileen ChristelowISBN 0395664136 (0-395-66413-6)
Softcover, Clarion Books
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From One to Zero: A Universal History of Numbersby Georges IfrahISBN 0670373958 (0-670-37395-8)
Hardcover, Daedalus Books
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The Golden Ratio: The Story of Phi, the World's Most Astonishing Numberby Mario LivioISBN 0767908163 (0-7679-0816-3)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Golden Ratio: The Story of Phi, the World's Most Astonishing Number'Book summary:Throughout history, thinkers from mathematicians to theologians have pondered the mysterious relationship between numbers and the nature of reality. In this fascinating book, Mario Livio tells the tale of a number at the heart of that mystery: phi, or 1.6180339887...This curious mathematical relationship, widely known as "The Golden Ratio," was discovered by Euclid more than two thousand years ago because of its crucial role in the construction of the pentagram, to which magical properties had been attributed. Since then it has shown a propensity to appear in the most astonishing variety of places, from mollusk shells, sunflower florets, and rose petals to the shape of the galaxy. Psychological studies have investigated whether the Golden Ratio is the most aesthetically pleasing proportion extant, and it has been asserted that the creators of the Pyramids and the Parthenon employed it. It is believed to feature in works of art from Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa to Salvador Dali's The Sacrament of the Last Supper, and poets and composers have used it in their works. It has even been found to be connected to the behavior of the stock market!
The Golden Ratio is a captivating journey through art and architecture, botany and biology, physics and mathematics. It tells the human story of numerous phi-fixated individuals, including the followers of Pythagoras who believed that this proportion revealed the hand of God; astronomer Johannes Kepler, who saw phi as the greatest treasure of geometry; such Renaissance thinkers as mathematician Leonardo Fibonacci of Pisa; and such masters of the modern world as Goethe, Cezanne, Bartok, and physicist Roger Penrose. Wherever his quest for the meaning of phi takes him, Mario Livio reveals the world as a place where order, beauty, and eternal mystery will always coexist. [via]More editions of The Golden Ratio: The Story of Phi, the World's Most Astonishing Number:
Handbook On The Pentateuch: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomyby Victor P. HamiltonISBN 0801027160 (0-8010-2716-0)
Hardcover, Baker Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Handbook On The Pentateuch: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy'Book summary:In this introduction to the first five books of the Old Testament, Victor Hamilton moves chapter by chapter--rather than verse by verse--through the Pentateuch, examining the content, structure, and theology. Each chapter deals with a major thematic unit of the Pentateuch, and Hamilton provides useful commentary on overarching themes and connections between Old Testament texts.
This second edition has been substantially revised and updated. The first edition sold over sixty thousand copies. [via]More editions of Handbook On The Pentateuch: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy:
How Much Is a Million?by David M. Schwartz, Steven KelloggISBN 0688099335 (0-688-09933-5)
Softcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'How Much Is a Million?'Book summary:This book reveals how big a bowl would be needed to hold a million goldfish, or how many years it would take to count to a million. [via]
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- How Much Is a Million?: ISBN 0688040497 (0-688-04049-7)
Hardcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books - How Much Is a Million?: ISBN 0688040500 (0-688-04050-0)
Hardcover, Harpercollins - How Much Is a Million?: ISBN 0590436147 (0-590-43614-7)
Hardcover, Scholastic Canada, Limited - How Much Is a Million?: ISBN 0688099335 (0-688-09933-5)
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How Much Is a Million?by Steven Kellogg, David M. SchwartzISBN 0590339664 (0-590-33966-4)
Softcover, Scholastic
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How Much Is a Million?/Book and Study Guideby David M. Schwartz, Steven KelloggISBN 0688136303 (0-688-13630-3)
Softcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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I Spy Little Numbersby Jean Marzollo, Walter WickISBN 059068714X (0-590-68714-X)
Hardcover, Scholastic
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› Find signed collectible books: 'I Spy Little Numbers'Book summary:"I spy a great big yellow two,/ a pair of scissors,/ and a button that's blue." Preschoolers adore perusing A Drop of Water creator Walter Wick's crisp, colorful photographs to find objects, and in I Spy Little Numbers, they'll develop number identification and counting skills while they're at it. On the number five spread, children will find not only the three main objects (an airplane with five windows, a soccer ball made up of pentagons, and a five-wheeled choo-choo train), but five-pointed sea stars, a nickel, a pea pod with five peas, and more. Other sturdy board books in the interactive I Spy Little Book series include I Spy Little Book, I Spy Little Wheels, and I Spy Little Animals. (Baby to preschool) [via]
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Innumeracyby John Allen PaulosISBN 0809058405 (0-8090-5840-5)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Innumeracy'Book summary:This is the book that made "innumeracy" a household word, at least in some households. Paulos admits that "at least part of the motivation for any book is anger, and this book is no exception. I'm distressed by a society which depends so completely on mathematics and science and yet seems to indifferent to the innumeracy and scientific illiteracy of so many of its citizens."
But that is not all that drives him. The difference between our pretensions and reality is absurd and humorous, and the numerate can see this better than those who don't speak math. "I think there's something of the divine in these feelings of our absurdity, and they should be cherished, not avoided."
Paulos is not entirely successful at balancing anger and absurdity, but he tries. His diatribes against astrology, bad math education, Freud, and willful ignorance are leavened with jokes, mathematical or the sort (he claims) favored by the numerate.
It remains to be seen if Innumeracy will indeed be able, as Hofstadter hoped, to "help launch a revolution in math education that would do for innumeracy what Sabin and Salk did for polio"--but many of the improvements Paulos suggested have come to pass within 10 years. Only time will tell if the generation raised on these new principles is more resistant to innumeracy--and need only worry about being incomputable. --Mary Ellen Curtin [via]
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- Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences: ISBN 0809074478 (0-8090-7447-8)
Hardcover, Farrar, Straus & Giroux - Innumeracy : Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Social Consequences: ISBN 0679726012 (0-679-72601-2)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group - Innumeracy: ISBN 0809058405 (0-8090-5840-5)
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- Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences: ISBN 0809074478 (0-8090-7447-8)
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An Invisible Sign of My Ownby Aimee BenderISBN 0385492243 (0-385-49224-3)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'An Invisible Sign of My Own'Book summary:Aimee Bender's funny, delicately shaded first novel is a constant delight, even at its most warped. An Invisible Sign of My Own tells the story of Mona Gray, a math wiz and a high school track star, whose ordinary childhood comes to pieces when her father is stricken with a mysterious illness. There doesn't seem to be a name for it, but he looks sort of gray and seems frail and unhappy. Whether there's anything really wrong with Mona's dad is unclear, but her fear that he will die, as well as his withdrawal from family life--no more vacations, no running practice with his daughter, no unplanned outings--triggers a corresponding withdrawal in her. Whenever she does well at anything, or starts to enjoy herself, she quits: piano class, dancing lessons, her first boyfriend, running.
I quit dessert to see if I could do it; of course I could; I quit breathing one evening until my lungs overruled; I quit touching my skin, sleeping with both hands under the pillow. When no one was home, I tied ropes around the piano, so that it would take me thirty minutes with scissors to get back to that minuet. Then I hid all the scissors.
Instead of working out her problems, Mona develops a habit of knocking on wood, and sometimes knocks for an hour before getting to sleep. Eating soap is her other dark indulgence: a surefire anti-aphrodisiac that she calls on whenever she feels sexually attracted to a man.At 20, Mona is recruited to teach math at the local elementary school. To her surprise, she is a brilliant teacher, making addition and subtraction tangible to second graders with a game called Numbers and Materials, in which the students bring in natural or man-made objects that take the form of numbers. When 7-year-old Lisa Venus brings in a zero made of IV tubing from her dying mother's hospital room, Mona recognizes a kindred spirit. But she will have to be healthy herself to help Lisa resist her urge to take on her mother's illness out of grief and loyalty. The complicated connection between children and adults is the underlying theme of this big-hearted novel. However quirky and alarming Bender's methods may seem, An Invisible Sign of My Own is no darker than a fairy tale, and the witch--even if it's the witch within--is reliably vanquished in the end. --Regina Marler [via]
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Just Six Numbers: The Deep Forces That Shape the Universeby Martin J. ReesISBN 0465036732 (0-465-03673-2)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Just Six Numbers: The Deep Forces That Shape the Universe'Book summary:Just six numbers govern the shape, size, and texture of our universe. If their values were only fractionally different, we would not exist: nor, in many cases, would matter have had a chance to form. If the numbers that govern our universe were elegant--1, say, or pi, or the Golden Mean--we would simply shrug and say that the universe was an elegant mathematical puzzle. But the numbers Martin Rees discusses are far from tidy. Was the universe "tweaked" or is it one of many universes, all run by slightly different, but equally messy, rules?
This is familiar ground, though rarely so comprehensively explored. What makes Rees's book exceptional is his conviction that cosmology is as materialistic and as conceptually simple as any of the earth sciences. Indeed,
cosmology is simpler in one important respect: once the starting point is specified, the outcome is in broad terms predictable. All large patches of the universe that start off the same way end up statistically similar. In contrast, if the Earth's history were re-run, it could end up with a quite different biosphere.
Rees demonstrates how the cosmos is full of "fossils" from which we can deduce how our universe developed as surely as we infer the earth's past from the relics found in sedimentary rocks. Rees's theme is nothing less than the colossal richness of the universe. It is an ambitious book, but if anything, it deserves to be longer. --Simon Ings, Amazon.co.uk [via]
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The Mailbox Superbook, Kindergarten: Your Complete Resource for an Entire Year of Kindergarten Successby Ada H. Goren, Kimberli CarrierISBN 1562341960 (1-56234-196-0)
Softcover, Education Center
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The Message of Numbers: Journey to the Promised Landby Raymond BrownISBN 0830824286 (0-8308-2428-6)
Softcover, Intervarsity Pr
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Miss Spider's Tea Partyby David KirkISBN 0439833051 (0-439-83305-1)
Softcover, Scholastic
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Miss Spider's Tea Party'Book summary:The modern classic about a sweet spider and her friends is now available for the first time in a Scholastic Bookshelf paperback version[via]
"Miss Spider can't understand why insects flee in panic at her approach. Being a florivore herself, she only wants to invite them over for cakes and tea. The ironic air wafting through Kirk's rhymed tale will not be lost on young readers, and the insects in the big, brightly colored illustrations beear comically apprehensive expressions as they hastily depart . . . At last, Miss Spider is able to convince a rain-soaked moth of her good intentions . . . A sweet tale" --School Library JournalMore editions of Miss Spider's Tea Party:
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Hardcover, Scholastic - Miss Spider's Tea Party: ISBN 0590477242 (0-590-47724-2)
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The New American Commentary: Numbersby R. Dennis ColeISBN 0805495037 (0-8054-9503-7)
Hardcover, B & H Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The New American Commentary: Numbers'Book summary:THE NEW AMERICAN COMMENTARY is for the minister or Bible student who wants to understand and expound the Scriptures. Notable features include: * commentary based on THE NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION; * the NIV text printed in the body of the commentary; * sound scholarly methodology that reflects capable research in the original languages; * interpretation that emphasizes the theological unity of each book and of Scripture as a whole; * readable and applicable exposition.[via]More editions of The New American Commentary: Numbers:
Numbersby Gordon J. WenhamISBN 1850758018 (1-85075-801-8)
Softcover, Continuum Intl Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Numbers'Book summary:"Guide me, O Thou Great Jehovah" is one of the best-known hymns in the world. Yet the book of numbers, whose story that hymn summarizes, is seldom read. Why?"Its very title puts the modern reader off," writes Gordon Wenham. "In ancient time numbers were seen as mysterious and symbolic, a key to reality and the mind of God himself. Today they are associated with computers and the depersonalization that threatens our society."In his effort to bridge the great gulf between the book and our age, Wenham first explains the background of Numbers, discussing its structure, sources, date and authorship as well as its theology and Christian use. A passage-by-passage analysis follows, which draws useful insights on Old Testament ritual from modern social anthropology. [via]
One Duck Stuckby Phyllis Root, Jane ChapmanISBN 0763615668 (0-7636-1566-8)
Softcover, Candlewick Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'One Duck Stuck'Book summary:"Splish, clomp, pleep, plop, plunk, sloosh, slosh, slink, zing." Who can resist a read-aloud featuring sounds like these? When, "Down by the marsh, by the sleepy, slimy marsh, one duck gets stuck in the muck," who comes to the rescue? Two fish, splishing, for starters. Then three moose clomping, four crickets pleeping, and so on. Still, "No luck. Still stuck." It takes a whole lot of teamwork to get this particular stuck duck unstuck from the muck, but this cheerful bunch is definitely up to the task.
From one duck to 10 dragonflies, the muddy fun never stops in Phyllis Root's chunky little board book. Young readers will giggle their way through the numbers, and by the time the duck's foot is released with a "Spluck!" counting will be a cinch. Jane Chapman's lush illustrations are full of marshy colors and muddy detail. The right side of each two-page spread shows the hapless duck earnestly waiting for liberation by its lively rescuers, while on the opposite side the featured number is printed, large and bold, over the text, and the splishers and ploppers are depicted again for easy counting. Chapman's enchanting art is also found in The Emperor's Egg, among other titles, and Root's other popular stories include Kiss the Cow!. (Baby to preschool) --Emilie Coulter [via]
One Hungry Monsterby Susan Heyboer O'KeefeISBN 0833583786 (0-8335-8378-6)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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One Was Johnny: A Counting Bookby Maurice SendakISBN 0833570498 (0-8335-7049-8)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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One, Two, Three to the Zooby Eric CarleISBN 0399219706 (0-399-21970-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Otter Nonsenseby Norton Juster, Eric CarleISBN 039920931X (0-399-20931-X)
Softcover, Horizon Book Promotions
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Over in the Meadowby Ezra Jack KeatsISBN 0140565086 (0-14-056508-6)
Softcover, Puffin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Over in the Meadow'Book summary:"Over in the meadow, in the sand, in the sun,/Lived an old mother turtle and her little turtle one./"Dig!" said the mother./"I dig," said the one./So he dug all day,/In the sand, in the sun." With Keats's vibrant collage art, the animals in this classic counting rhyme are given a brand new life.[via]More editions of Over in the Meadow:
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The Penguin Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Numbersby David WellsISBN 0140261494 (0-14-026149-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Penguin Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Numbers'Book summary:First published in 1986, this mind-boggling and entertaining dictionary, arranged in order of magnitude, exposes the fascinating facts about certain numbers and number sequences - very large primes, amicable numbers and golden squares to give but a few examples. [via]
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The Pentateuch As Narrativeby John H. SailhamerISBN 0310574218 (0-310-57421-8)
Softcover, Zondervan
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The Phantom Tollboothby Norton Juster, Jules FeifferISBN 0394820371 (0-394-82037-1)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Phantom Tollbooth'Book summary:"It seems to me that almost everything is a waste of time," Milo laments. "[T]here's nothing for me to do, nowhere I'd care to go, and hardly anything worth seeing." This bored, bored young protagonist who can't see the point to anything is knocked out of his glum humdrum by the sudden and curious appearance of a tollbooth in his bedroom. Since Milo has absolutely nothing better to do, he dusts off his toy car, pays the toll, and drives through. What ensues is a journey of mythic proportions, during which Milo encounters countless odd characters who are anything but dull.
Norton Juster received (and continues to receive) enormous praise for this original, witty, and oftentimes hilarious novel, first published in 1961. In an introductory "Appreciation" written by Maurice Sendak for the 35th anniversary edition, he states, "The Phantom Tollbooth leaps, soars, and abounds in right notes all over the place, as any proper masterpiece must." Indeed.
As Milo heads toward Dictionopolis he meets with the Whether Man ("for after all it's more important to know whether there will be weather than what the weather will be"), passes through The Doldrums (populated by Lethargarians), and picks up a watchdog named Tock (who has a giant alarm clock for a body). The brilliant satire and double entendre intensifies in the Word Market, where after a brief scuffle with Officer Short Shrift, Milo and Tock set off toward the Mountains of Ignorance to rescue the twin Princesses, Rhyme and Reason. Anyone with an appreciation for language, irony, or Alice in Wonderland-style adventure will adore this book for years on end. (Ages 8 and up) [via]
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- The Phantom Tollbooth: ISBN 0394815009 (0-394-81500-9)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books - The Phantom Tollbooth: ISBN 088103696X (0-88103-696-X)
Hardcover, Bt Bound - The Phantom Tollbooth: ISBN 0375806709 (0-375-80670-9)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books - Phanthom Tollbooth: ISBN 0394821998 (0-394-82199-8)
Softcover, Random House Inc - The Phantom Tollbooth: ISBN 0679833706 (0-679-83370-6)
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Hardcover, Random House - The Phantom Tollbooth: ISBN 0848807596 (0-8488-0759-6)
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- The Phantom Tollbooth: ISBN 0394815009 (0-394-81500-9)
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The Phantom Tollboothby Jules Feiffer, Norton JusterISBN 0816148015 (0-8161-4801-5)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Phantom Tollbooth'Book summary:"It seems to me that almost everything is a waste of time," Milo laments. "[T]here's nothing for me to do, nowhere I'd care to go, and hardly anything worth seeing." This bored, bored young protagonist who can't see the point to anything is knocked out of his glum humdrum by the sudden and curious appearance of a tollbooth in his bedroom. Since Milo has absolutely nothing better to do, he dusts off his toy car, pays the toll, and drives through. What ensues is a journey of mythic proportions, during which Milo encounters countless odd characters who are anything but dull.
Norton Juster received (and continues to receive) enormous praise for this original, witty, and oftentimes hilarious novel, first published in 1961. In an introductory "Appreciation" written by Maurice Sendak for the 35th anniversary edition, he states, "The Phantom Tollbooth leaps, soars, and abounds in right notes all over the place, as any proper masterpiece must." Indeed.
As Milo heads toward Dictionopolis he meets with the Whether Man ("for after all it's more important to know whether there will be weather than what the weather will be"), passes through The Doldrums (populated by Lethargarians), and picks up a watchdog named Tock (who has a giant alarm clock for a body). The brilliant satire and double entendre intensifies in the Word Market, where after a brief scuffle with Officer Short Shrift, Milo and Tock set off toward the Mountains of Ignorance to rescue the twin Princesses, Rhyme and Reason. Anyone with an appreciation for language, irony, or Alice in Wonderland-style adventure will adore this book for years on end. (Ages 8 and up) [via]
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Reading the Numbers: A Survival Guide to the Measurements, Numbers, and Sizes Encountered in Everyday Lifeby Mary BlocksmaISBN 0140106545 (0-14-010654-5)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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Rooster's Off to See the Worldby Eric CarleISBN 0887080421 (0-88708-042-1)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Rooster's Off to See the World'Book summary:With his lush, gorgeous collages, Eric Carle hardly needs to write a word to make his picture books appealing. Rooster's Off to See the World, in fact, may have been more successful as a wordless book. Rooster wakes up one morning and decides he wants to travel. Off he goes, picking up companions along the way (two cats, three frogs, four turtles, etc.). When night falls, the critters become cold and lonely and hungry, and, group by group, return home. It seems the message here is, "there's no place like home"; reassuring for toddlers, to be sure, but somehow a bit sad and disappointing, too. This small board-book edition is crowded with Carle's trademark illustrations, stunning in color and form--but also with wordy text and counting graphics in the upper right corner of each spread. The adding and subtracting element is an attractive and clever feature, but ultimately, it's a little too much. This said, children and adults will probably be so mesmerized by Carle's colorful collages, the rest won't matter. (Baby to preschool) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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A Study of Numbers : A Guide to the Constant Creation of the Universeby R. A. Schwaller De LubiczISBN 0892811129 (0-89281-112-9)
Hardcover, Inner Traditions International, Limited
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Ten Little Ladybugsby Melanie Gerth, Tony Griego, Laura Huliska-BeithISBN 1581170912 (1-58117-091-2)
Hardcover, Piggy Toes Pr
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Ten, Nine, Eightby Molly BangISBN 0688104800 (0-688-10480-0)
Softcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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- Ten, Nine, Eight: ISBN 0688009069 (0-688-00906-9)
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Ten, Nine, Eight/Big Bookby Molly BangISBN 0590733133 (0-590-73313-3)
Softcover, Scholastic
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Universal History of Numbersby Georges IfrahISBN 1860467385 (1-86046-738-5)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Universal History of Numbers'Book summary:The title doesn't lie. Mathematician Georges Ifrah's masterpiece, The Universal History of Numbers, is a wonderfully comprehensive overview of numbers and counting spanning all the inhabited continents as far back in time as records will allow us to look. Beyond the ancient Babylonians, Sumerians, and Indians, Ifrah takes us farther south into Africa to examine an early decimal counting system and into ancient Mexico to reconstruct what we can of the Mayan calendar and numerical system. The 27 chapters are chiefly organized by culture, though there are some cross-cultural overviews of topics like letters and numbers.
The author's aim was grand: "to provide in simple and accessible terms the full and complete answer to all and any questions ... about the history of numbers and counting, from prehistory to the age of computers." This led him to wander the world for 10 years, studying and learning; this scholastic pilgrim has returned with amazing stories to tell. Toward the end of the book, Ifrah makes the book truly universal by refuting alien-intervention theories of cultural origins--surely our benefactors would have given us an efficient decimal counting system, zero and all, before helping us build pyramids and such. Such charming ideas, combined with such rigorously researched facts, make The Universal History of Numbers a uniquely important and fascinating volume. --Rob Lightner [via]
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Universal History of Numbers: From Prehistory to the Invention of the Computerby Georges Ifrah, David BellosISBN 186046324X (1-86046-324-X)
Softcover, Harvill Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Universal History of Numbers: From Prehistory to the Invention of the Computer'Book summary:For those of you who have read Georges Ifrah's first book, The Universal History of Numbers: From Prehistory to the Invention of the Computer, this is the third of a two-volume set! Just to clarify this, the first volume is being split into two and, together with this new third volume, republished as a trilogy. For those of you who have not read the first book, volume III begins with what could have been a very useful "Chronological Summary" and a "Recapitulation" of the ideas expressed in the first book. Unfortunately, without a preface or introduction, the unwary reader is immediately confronted with a very condensed version of the first book. Indeed, Ifrah's detailed study of number systems, when reduced to a series of illustrated plates, gives the impression that the history of numbers is little more than a history of typography. Yet another "Chronological Summary" from Calculation to Calculus follows, thereby reinforcing the feeling that the book is a collection of notes waiting to be crafted into a strong narrative. The translator, the unsung hero in many publications, has done sterling work in adding copious notes and helpful cross-references. The initial feeling remains, however, that this is a collection of jewels without a crown.
Having said that, the scope of the book is enormous, tracing the history of calculators and computers, from mechanical to electronic devices through both analogue and digital incarnations. There are some familiar faces, such as Pascal, Babbage, von Neumann and Turing, as well as many others who have so far escaped the spotlight. As a reference work it has a good index and an extensive bibliography. The author acknowledges regret at the lack of illustrations but gives references to such sources. In the search for universality and completeness it has, however, forsaken a strong guiding theme. The most engaging sections are where the mathematics, history and technology come together, bound by personal ambitions, whether intellectual or financial. In such sections Ifrah pauses from being a cataloguer to indulge in some story telling. It is here that the nuts and bolts of technology come to life. For teachers, students and researchers, this will prove to be a very useful starting point into a fascinating area of human innovation. But one would venture that this is a work destined for the library shelves rather than the bedside table. --Richard Mankiewicz [via]
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Universal History of Numbers: From Prehistory to the Invention of the Computerby David Bellos, Georges Ifrah, E. F. Harding, Ian Monk, Sophie WoodISBN 0471375683 (0-471-37568-3)
Hardcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Universal History of Numbers: From Prehistory to the Invention of the Computer'Book summary:The title doesn't lie. Mathematician Georges Ifrah's masterpiece, The Universal History of Numbers, is a wonderfully comprehensive overview of numbers and counting spanning all the inhabited continents as far back in time as records will allow us to look. Beyond the ancient Babylonians, Sumerians, and Indians, Ifrah takes us farther south into Africa to examine an early decimal counting system and into ancient Mexico to reconstruct what we can of the Mayan calendar and numerical system. The 27 chapters are chiefly organized by culture, though there are some cross-cultural overviews of topics like letters and numbers.
The author's aim was grand: "to provide in simple and accessible terms the full and complete answer to all and any questions ... about the history of numbers and counting, from prehistory to the age of computers." This led him to wander the world for 10 years, studying and learning; this scholastic pilgrim has returned with amazing stories to tell. Toward the end of the book, Ifrah makes the book truly universal by refuting alien-intervention theories of cultural origins--surely our benefactors would have given us an efficient decimal counting system, zero and all, before helping us build pyramids and such. Such charming ideas, combined with such rigorously researched facts, make The Universal History of Numbers a uniquely important and fascinating volume. --Rob Lightner [via]
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The Word Biblical Commentary: Numbersby Philip J. BuddISBN 0849902045 (0-8499-0204-5)
Hardcover, Thomas Nelson Inc
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Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Ideaby Charles Seife, Matt ZimetISBN 0140296476 (0-14-029647-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea'Book summary:The seemingly impossible Zen task--writing a book about nothing--has a loophole: people have been chatting, learning, and even fighting about nothing for millennia. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea, by noted science writer Charles Seife, starts with the story of a modern battleship stopped dead in the water by a loose zero, then rewinds back to several hundred years BCE. Some empty-headed genius improved the traditional Eastern counting methods immeasurably by adding zero as a placeholder, which allowed the genesis of our still-used decimal system. It's all been uphill from there, but Seife is enthusiastic about his subject; his synthesis of math, history, and anthropology seduces the reader into a new fascination with the most troubling number.
Why did the Church reject the use of zero? How did mystics of all stripes get bent out of shape over it? Is it true that science as we know it depends on this mysterious round digit? Zero opens up these questions and lets us explore the answers and their ramifications for our oh-so-modern lives. Seife has fun with his format, too, starting with chapter 0 and finishing with an appendix titled "Make Your Own Wormhole Time Machine." (Warning: don't get your hopes up too much.) There are enough graphs and equations to scare off serious numerophobes, but the real story is in the interactions between artists, scientists, mathematicians, religious and political leaders, and the rest of us--it seems we really do have nothing in common. --Rob Lightner [via]
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La Caseta Magicaby Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer, Alberto Jiménez RiojaISBN 1587171090 (1-58717-109-0)
Softcover, Chronicle Books LLC
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› Find signed collectible books: 'La Caseta Magica'Book summary:Norton Juster's timeless, best-selling novel will reach an even wider readership with this outstanding Spanish translation. Milo thinks that just about everything is a big waste of time--when he even bothers to think at all. But he starts to see life in a whole new way after a mysterious gift transports him to the Lands Beyond. Accompanied by the ticking watchdog Tock and the boastful Humbug, Milo embarks on an unforgettable quest to rescue Princesses Rhyme and Reason and restore common sense to the Kingdom of Wisdom. [via]
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Diez, Nueve, Ochoby Molly Bang, Clarita KohenISBN 0688154689 (0-688-15468-9)
Softcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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