Maryam’s Magic: The Story of Mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani
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Book
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ISBN 10
0062915967
ISBN 13
9780062915962
Category
Non-Fiction / Instructional
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Publication Year
2021
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Pages
40
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Abstract
As a little girl, Maryam Mirzakhani was spellbound by stories. She loved reading in Tehran's crowded bookstores, and at home she'd spend hours crafting her own tales on giant rolls of paper. Maryam loved school, especially her classes in reading and writing. But she did not like math. Numbers were nowhere near as interesting as the bold, adventurous characters she found in books. Until Maryam unexpectedly discovered a new genre of storytelling: In geometry, numbers became shapes, each with its own fascinating personality, making every equation a brilliant story waiting to be told. As an adult, Maryam became a professor, inventing new formulas to solve some of math's most complicated puzzles. And she made history by becoming the first woman, and the first Iranian, to win the Fields Medal, mathematics' highest award.
Description
Grade Level: K-3
Age Range: 0-8 ages
Age Range: 0-8 ages
Biblio Notes
Notes from Brandy Crowley for Katherine K. White Grant:
Possible Math Topics - Not Loving Math, Problem Solving
Cultural Connection - Iranian Female Mathematician
Possible Math Topics - Not Loving Math, Problem Solving
Cultural Connection - Iranian Female Mathematician
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1