Full name: On Beyond a Million: An Amazing Math Journey

Author: David M. Schwartz Year: 1999 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Science, Mathematics, Children, Picture books Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780440411772 0440411777

Professor X and his dog, Y, teach kids how to count exponentially by powers of 10 (1, 10, 100, 1,000, 10,000, etc.), beginning at 1 and working all the way up to a googol (a 1 followed by 100 zeros) and beyond. Children fascinated by large numbers will be amazed how quickly they can count to really BIG numbers, and they'll also find answers to questions like -What comes after a trillion?- or -What's the biggest number in the world?- Real-life examples provide plenty of fun facts, such as how much popcorn Americans eat in one year, or how many hairs are on a square inch of a person's head. Along with the fun comes some powerful learning, as this unique counting book helps kids understand our number system, which is based on multiples of 10. Similar books: The King's Commissioners by Aileen Friedman An Introduction to Mathematics by Alfred North Whitehead How to Cut a Cake by Ian Stewart The Mathematical Universe by William Dunham Four Colors Suffice by Robin Wilson The Art of the Infinite by Robert Kaplan Letters to a Young Mathematician by Ian Stewart Murderous Maths by Kjartan Poskitt Keys to Infinity by Clifford A. Pickover Fractals, Googols, and Other Mathematical Tales by Theoni Pappas The Mathematical Tourist by Ivars Peterson by John Allen Paulos Anno's Magic Seeds by Mitsumasa Anno Mathematics by Timothy Gowers Spaghetti And Meatballs For All! by Marilyn Burns The Penny Pot by Stuart J. Murphy Full House by Dayle Ann Dodds The King's Chessboard by David Birch A Remainder of One by Elinor J. Pinczes