Mathematicians are People Too Vol 2

Someone once asked if these books are math books or history books. Well, that's a great question. They are living books for sure. And because they are living, they are multi-faceted. They are math and history; you can certainly call them math history. But they also are good biographies. And they incorporate science and geography as well. So like any quality living book, they are hard to pin down to one particular label. This is the kind of book a Charlotte Mason educator loves – a book full of ideas to digest.

Each book has 15 chapters, and each chapter is a biographical sketch of a mathematician. Where each chapter begins, there is a full page black and white illustration on the left. If y our family loves doing journals, these pictures would be a great addition.The mathematicians are arranged chronologically within each book and include men and women from many nations. The chapters don't try to capture every detail about the mathematician. Instead they focus on one or more key narratives from that person's life which illustrate his discoveries or his character. A real effort has been made to select humorous, exciting, and inspiring stories