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Count Down: The Race for Beautiful Solutions at the International Mathematical Olympiad - Softcover

Olson, Steve

 
9780618562121: Count Down: The Race for Beautiful Solutions at the International Mathematical Olympiad
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0618562125 ISBN 13: 9780618562121
Verlag: Mariner Books, 2005

Inhaltsangabe

Each summer, hundreds of seemingly average teens from around the world gather for the International Mathematical Olympiad, a chance to race the clock and one another in the quest for elegant mathematical solutions. In Count Down, the National Book Award finalist Steve Olson sets out to crack the secret of what makes these students such nimble problem solvers. He follows the six U.S. contestants from their free-time games of Ultimate Frisbee to the high-pressure rounds of the competition. In each he finds a potent mix of inspiration, insight, competitiveness, talent, creativity, experience, and, perhaps most important, an enduring sense of wonder. As he observes the Olympians, Olson delves into common questions about math culture and education, exploring why many American students dread geometry, why so few girls pursue competitive math, and whether each of us might have a bit of genius waiting to be nurtured.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Steve Olson’s Mapping Human History was a National Book Award finalist and won the Science-in-Society Award from the National Association of Science Writers. Olson has also written for the Atlantic Monthly, Scientific American, and Science. He lives in Bethesda, Maryland, where he coaches the math team at a public middle school.

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Verlag
Mariner Books
Erscheinungsdatum
2005
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0618562125
ISBN 13 
9780618562121
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Anzahl der Seiten
256
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