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Head First Algebra
Looking for a FUN way to learn -- or to teach -- algebra? In a way that works? Head First Algebra gives this subject a jolt of fresh air and maybe a whiff of a caffeinated beverage. It's a complete algebra learning experience that engages readers fully by having them play games, solve puzzles, ponder mysteries, bake brownies, and even (gasp!) cut pages out of the book. This book loads algebra into a reader's brain in a way that will stick for good!
Based on the latest research in neurobiology, cognitive science, and learning theory, Head First Algebra uses a visually rich format designed for the way the brain works. It combines words and pictures in a playful, mixed-media style that not only helps you understand a subject, but also to remember it. Readers experience the joy of math and learn (almost without noticing) everything they always wanted to know but were afraid to ask about natural numbers, exponents, graphs and graphing, monomials and polynomials, factoring, algebraic fractions, solving equations, the quadratic formula, and much more.
With its extensive use of icons, pictures and even cartoons, this book appeals to the human characteristic we all share: we're visual creatures. The material engages learners on many different levels, stimulating their abilities in pattern matching and deduction, as well as activating auditory pathways, visual pathways and deeper thought. Head First Algebra is ideal for supplementing a textbook, helping a struggling learner, and refreshing those who are rusty on the subject. Discover the method that has made our Head First book series so successful!
Based on the latest research in neurobiology, cognitive science, and learning theory, Head First Algebra uses a visually rich format designed for the way the brain works. It combines words and pictures in a playful, mixed-media style that not only helps you understand a subject, but also to remember it. Readers experience the joy of math and learn (almost without noticing) everything they always wanted to know but were afraid to ask about natural numbers, exponents, graphs and graphing, monomials and polynomials, factoring, algebraic fractions, solving equations, the quadratic formula, and much more.
With its extensive use of icons, pictures and even cartoons, this book appeals to the human characteristic we all share: we're visual creatures. The material engages learners on many different levels, stimulating their abilities in pattern matching and deduction, as well as activating auditory pathways, visual pathways and deeper thought. Head First Algebra is ideal for supplementing a textbook, helping a struggling learner, and refreshing those who are rusty on the subject. Discover the method that has made our Head First book series so successful!
- GenresMathematics
768 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2007
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About the author
Harold Davis
163 books14 followersHarold Davis is widely recognized as a leading contemporary photographer and artist. He is also the author of more than 30 books, including Creating HDR Photos: The Complete Guide to High Dynamic Range Photography from Amphoto/Random House and Photographing Flowers: Exploring Macro Worlds with Harold Davis which is published by Focal Press, and has been called "one of the most beautiful books ever created."
Harold Davis believes that advances in the technology and craft of digital photography have created an entirely new art form. Trained as a classical photographer and painter, his photographic images are made using special HDR (High Dynamic Range) capture techniques that extend the range of visual information beyond what the eye can normally see.
Davis creates and processes his images using wide-gamut and alternative digital methods that he has invented. His techniques combine the craft of photography with the skills of a painter.
Photographic adventures and assignments have taken him across the Brooks Range, the northernmost mountains in Alaska. He has photographed the World Trade Towers, hanging out of a small plane, followed in the footsteps of Seneca Ray Stoddard, a 19th-century photographer of the Adirondacks, and created human interest photo stories about the residents of Love Canal, an environmental disaster area.
Harold is well-known for his night photography and experimental ultra-long exposure techniques, use of vibrant, saturated colors in landscape compositions, and beautiful creative floral imagery.
He makes his over-sized original prints on unusual substrates such as pearlized metallic and washi rice papers. Davis states, "I believe that nothing like my prints has ever been seen before. They simply could not have been created until recently. I've been able to innovate in a domain where many techniques and crafts have come together for the first time. My prints are made meticulously, and have a 200-year archival rating for ink and paper if they are handled properly.
Harold Davis believes that advances in the technology and craft of digital photography have created an entirely new art form. Trained as a classical photographer and painter, his photographic images are made using special HDR (High Dynamic Range) capture techniques that extend the range of visual information beyond what the eye can normally see.
Davis creates and processes his images using wide-gamut and alternative digital methods that he has invented. His techniques combine the craft of photography with the skills of a painter.
Photographic adventures and assignments have taken him across the Brooks Range, the northernmost mountains in Alaska. He has photographed the World Trade Towers, hanging out of a small plane, followed in the footsteps of Seneca Ray Stoddard, a 19th-century photographer of the Adirondacks, and created human interest photo stories about the residents of Love Canal, an environmental disaster area.
Harold is well-known for his night photography and experimental ultra-long exposure techniques, use of vibrant, saturated colors in landscape compositions, and beautiful creative floral imagery.
He makes his over-sized original prints on unusual substrates such as pearlized metallic and washi rice papers. Davis states, "I believe that nothing like my prints has ever been seen before. They simply could not have been created until recently. I've been able to innovate in a domain where many techniques and crafts have come together for the first time. My prints are made meticulously, and have a 200-year archival rating for ink and paper if they are handled properly.
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March 25, 2009
Yes, I like math. I never got a chance to take Physics, so I'm reviewing math for preparation to teach myself physics. Go with it.
This book takes a multi-sensory, adult learning approach to math. In essence, it presents the information in multiple ways: visual depictions, stories, problems, and so on.
I enjoyed (yes, really) learning about different concepts and thinking about the algebra in new ways.
My one complaint was that, while most of the algebra topics were clear and easy to understand, the graph section left a lot to be desired. I felt more attention could have been paid to making that clear.
There were also a few typos, but that's OK.
This book takes a multi-sensory, adult learning approach to math. In essence, it presents the information in multiple ways: visual depictions, stories, problems, and so on.
I enjoyed (yes, really) learning about different concepts and thinking about the algebra in new ways.
My one complaint was that, while most of the algebra topics were clear and easy to understand, the graph section left a lot to be desired. I felt more attention could have been paid to making that clear.
There were also a few typos, but that's OK.
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