Crunching numbers
Título:
Crunching numbers
PERSONAL_AUTHOR_EPSB:
Resumen:
Discusses the tools and math strategies that scientists use to work with large numbers, explores how the strategies of estimating and rounding make large numbers easier to work with, and identifies some uses of supercomputers.
Fecha de publicación como intervalo:
2004
SERIES_EPSB:
SERIES_EPSB_VOL:
Math Behind the Science
Descripción física:
24 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 23 cm.
Nota general:
"Estimating, data analysis"--Cover.
"National Geographic reading expeditions"--Cover.
Contenido:
Numbers that boggle the mind -- Millions of monarchs -- Simple cells -- The ultimate number crunchers -- Math mentor: words count! -- Math notebook -- Glossary.
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ISBN:
9780792245926
Información de publicación:
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2004.
