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The Giant Golden Book of Mathematics
Published in School & Library Binding by Goldencraft (June, 1968)
Author: Irving Adler
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Wow it got me started
I received this book when I was 12, when I was a junior in college (physics)I finaly understood the importance of the symbology of the last page (the Maxwell equations). It exposed so much math to me that after years (decades) it is still helping me to visualize applications of math from mapping, to fibbinoci numbers, to everything.

Why don't they update it and redo?

There is more to mathematics than arithmetic !
I bought this book when I was, probably, 13. Until then Ihad no idea that there was so much more to the world of mathematicsthan arithmetic. I have never seen a better book to give a youngster a peek at the world of mathematics.


Magic House of Numbers.
Published in Library Binding by HarperCollins Children's Books (June, 1974)
Author: Irving. Adler
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This book changed my life!
Over thirty years ago, I was in fourth grade, a below average student, getting C's and under in math. I received a copy of Irving Adler's "Magic House of Numbers," read it, and it just clicked. My grades in math jumped up to A's and didn't drop. Everything else improved: My overall motivation to learn, my esteem, my life. I really would like to give a copy of this book to all children who are struggling in math.


The New Mathematics
Published in Hardcover by John Day Co (June, 1972)
Author: Irving Adler
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Oh no!
I can't believe this is out of print. I read this book first when I was about 13 or 14 and found it fascinating.

I reread it many years later and it was still interesting. The book presents an argument for why we need all those kinds of numbers (integers, reals, imaginary, complex...) and does so in a straightforward and elegant way. Make no mistake, it is NOT a mathematics textbook - there are no systematic proofs - but it presents solid reasons for adding different kinds of numbers.

The book starts with the counting numbers, then shows why we need zero, negative numbers, fractions (rational numbers), irrational numbers, imaginary numbers and complex numbers.

Hopefully it will be reprinted someday... I'll certainly buy a copy.


Adler Book of Puzzles and Riddles Or, Sam Loyd Up-To
Published in Library Binding by HarperCollins Children's Books (June, 1962)
Author: Irving Adler
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Air
Published in Library Binding by HarperCollins Children's Books (August, 1972)
Author: Irving Adler
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Atomic Energy
Published in Library Binding by HarperCollins Children's Books (June, 1971)
Author: Irving Adler
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Atoms and Molecules
Published in Library Binding by HarperCollins Children's Books (January, 1966)
Author: Irving. Adler
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The Calendar
Published in Library Binding by HarperCollins Children's Books (June, 1967)
Author: Irving Adler
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The Changing Tools of Science: From Yardstick to Synchrotron
Published in Library Binding by HarperCollins Children's Books (December, 1973)
Author: Irving Adler
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Coal
Published in Library Binding by HarperCollins Children's Books (November, 1974)
Authors: Irving. Adler and Ruth Adler
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