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Author:
Hirsch, Rebecca E., author.
Title:
Garfield's almost-as-great-as-doughnuts guide to math / Rebecca E. Hirsch.
Publisher:
Lerner Publications,
Copyright Date:
2020
Description:
32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Garfield--(Fictitious character).
Mathematics--History.
Notes:
"Garfield created by Jim Davis." Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.
Contents:
The beginning of numbers -- Ancient Egyptians -- Babylonians -- Ancient Greeks -- Eratosthenes -- Zero -- The abacus -- Fibonacci -- Math symbols -- Binary numbers -- The first computer -- Modern computers -- Breakthrough of the future? -- Paws-on project.
Summary:
"Explore breakthroughs in the history of math with comical commentary from Garfield the cat--who would really rather just be eating doughnuts."-- Provided by publisher.
Series:
Garfield's fat cat guide to STEM breakthroughs
ISBN:
1541546415
9781541546417
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1047572999
LCCN:
2018034411
Locations:
FYPI314 -- Dubuque County Library - Asbury Branch (Asbury)
KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)
LEPI975 -- Woodbury County Library (Moville)
PZPA094 -- Plainfield Public Library (Plainfield)
HQPD845 -- Rock Valley Public Library (Rock Valley)
BNPD611 -- Winterset Public Library (Winterset)

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