Table of Contents

Foreword by Liz Heinecke, The Kitchen Pantry Scientist Introduction Geometry: Hypatia: Square Wheels Maryam Mirzakhani: Straight Edge, Curved Slot J. Ernest Wilkins Jr.: Building Buildings Fan Chung: Corners and Edges and Faces! Oh My!Games: John Conway: Dots & Boxes Federico Ardila: Pigeons Love Holes Srinivasa Ramanujan: Mancala Muammad ibn Ms al-Khwrizm: Awesome Algebra Art: Grace Hopper: Binary Bracelet Mary Everest Boole: Stitching Everest Ron Graham: Fibonacci Spiral Jennifer McLoud-Mann: Shape-ShiftingStatistics: Gertrude Mary Cox: Bars, Short and Tall Mary Cartwright: Organized Chaos Florence Nightingale: Pizza Pie Charts David Blackwell: Always Bet on Math Nalini Joshi: The Three Boxes ProblemRecreational Math: Persi Diaconis: Mathematical Magic George Boole: The Princess's Puzzles Emmy Noether: Fabulous Folding Flexagons Martin Gardner: A Heap of HexagonsFinal Project: Shing-Tung Yau: Alien City Hints and Solutions Templates Glossary Acknowledgements About the Authors About the Illustrator Index

About the Author

Rebecca Rapoport holds degrees in mathematics from Harvard University and Michigan State. From her first job out of college, as one of the pioneers of Harvard's Internet education offerings, she has been passionate about encouraging her love for math in others. As an early contributor to both retail giant Amazon.com and Akamai Technologies, the number one firm in cloud computing, Rapoport played a key role in several elements of the Internet revolution. She then returned to her first love, education, as an innovator of new methods to introduce children and adults to the critically important world of STEAM education as COO of an enrichment center dedicated to helping kids explore the creative side of science, technology, engineering, art, and math, and is currently developing and teaching innovative math curricula in the Boston area. Rapoport is also the co-author of Math Games Lab for Kids (published by Quarry Books), a book of fun, hands-on math activities designed to introduce elementary and middle-school students to several areas of higher math; and the calendars Mathematics: Your Daily Epsilon of Math 2021, Mathematics: Your Daily Epsilon of Math 2020, Mathematics 2019: Your Daily Epsilon of Math, and The Mathematics Calendar 2018, all published by Rock Point. She has an Erds number of 2.

Liz Lee Heinecke has loved science since she was old enough to inspect her first butterfly. After working in molecular biology research for 10 years and earning her master's degree, she left the lab to kick off a new chapter in her life as a stay-at-home mom. Soon, she found herself sharing her love of science with her three kids as they grew, chronicling their science adventures on her KitchenPantryScientist website. Her desire to share her enthusiasm for science led to regular television appearances, an opportunity to serve as an Earth Ambassador for NASA, and the creation of an iPhone app. Her goal is to make it simple for parents to do science with kids of all ages, and for kids to experiment safely on their own. Liz graduated from Luther College and received her master's degree in bacteriology from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She is the author of Kitchen Science Lab for Kids, Kitchen Science Lab for Kids: Edible Edition, Outdoor Science Lab for Kids, STEAM Lab for Kids, Sheet Pan Science, and Little Learning Labs: Kitchen Science for Kids. Her namesake series, The Kitchen Pantry Scientist, pairs illustrated biographies with engaging hands-on activities inspired by their work. The books in that series include: Chemistry for Kids, Biology for Kids, and Physics for Kids.

Allanna Chung is an aspiring screenwriter with a deep passion for math. One of her favorite pastimes is to show just how fun and beautiful math can be to those who have learned to dislike it. She works as a teacher of STEM and as a personal tutor to help students learn math in ways that work for them.

Reviews

As a math teacher, I know that sometimes we just can't learn a concept unless we see it in action. Rapoport and Chung's book brings math into life with easy-to-build demonstrations. I can't wait to implement these in my classroom!--Sarah Thomas, Secondary Mathematics Teacher, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Early College (Denver, CO)

I am thrilled that Math for Kids has joined Chemistry for Kids, Biology for Kids and Physics for Kids as part of "The Kitchen Pantry Scientist" series. Modern science depends on observation and measurement. Without numbers, science as we know it today would not exist.--Liz Lee Heinecke, The Kitchen Pantry Scientist

These stories make the math real in such important ways, and accessible sources like this one are rare. That this book combines herstories and histories with fun, interesting mathematical tasks is icing on the pi.--Jan McDonald, Former Dean and Professor, School of Education (Pace and Phillips universities)