Crunching numbers
Titre:
Crunching numbers
PERSONAL_AUTHOR_EPSB:
Sommaire:
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.
Date de publication comme intervalle:
2004
SERIES_EPSB:
SERIES_EPSB_VOL:
Math Behind the Science
Description matérielle:
24 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 23 cm.
Note générale:
"Estimating, data analysis"--Cover.
"National Geographic reading expeditions"--Cover.
Table des matières:
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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Vedette secondaire - Nom collectif:
Numéro international normalisé des livres (ISBN):
9780792245926
Informations de publication:
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2004.
