內容簡介
內容簡介 認識歷史上20多位具有重要影響力的數學家你也可以是未來的數學家喔!學數學可以有什麼用處?數學家們在研究什麼呢?認識歷史上20多位偉大的數學家,看看他們如何計算動物的速度、研究人體內部、編寫電腦遊戲、預測未來,甚至尋找外星人!包括著名的天文學家伽利略、奠定 DNA 結構的化學家羅莎琳.富蘭克林、人工智能之父艾倫.圖靈、航空工程師克里斯汀.達登、建築師妹島和世,以及獲得諾貝爾物理學獎的氣候學家真鍋淑郎等等。鼓舞人心的發明家小傳記,搭配由西班牙暢銷漫畫家Ana Albero繪製的可愛插畫,是給每個未來數學家的完美讀物,要激勵每個孩子:「你也可以」!In the hotly-anticipated follow up to Scientists are Saving the World!, embark on an awesome safari through the world of mathematicians. Young readers will meet more than 20 inspiring, real-life mathematicians, and discover how they find out how fast animals are, look at what's inside our bodies, code computer games, predict the future... and even look for aliens! This STEM graphic style picture book for children 4+ features: Fantastic read-aloud text, perfect for bedtime Over 20 of history's greatest mathematicians, from well-known mathematicians such as: - Astronomer Galilelo Galileli - Chemist Rosalind Franklin - Codebreaker Alan Turing and lesser-known (but equally significant!) mathematicians such as: - Aerospace engineer Christine Darden - Architect Kazuyo Sejima - Astronomer Michelle Kunimoto - Computer scientist Rana El Kalio - Climatologist Syukuro Manabe - Engineer Roma Agrawal - Statistician Dr C. R. Rao And many more incredible people! An inspiring 'you can do it too' message Mini biographies and further reading at the back of the book Illustrated by best-selling comic book artist, Ana Albero, this is the perfect book for every budding mathematician.
作者介紹
作者介紹 Saskia GwinnSaskia Gwinn has spent nearly 20 years carefully crafting beautiful books to inspire kids of all ages. She lives in Hertfordshire with her two boys who hope dinosaurs will one day revisit Earth. In the meantime she tells them that every creature on the planet has an equally exciting story to tell. She is the author of Scientists Are Saving the World!Ana AlberoAna Albero was born in Alicante, Spain. She studied Visual Communication at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs in Paris, and illustration at the University of the Arts Berlin. She is now based in Berlin, where she works primarily in graphite and coloured pencil creating vibrant textured images inspired by old pictures and movies. She is the illustrator of The People Awards and Little People Big Dreams: Coco Chanel.