This book is best thought of as a set of enjoyable puzzles for children of 10/11 and upwards. Breaking codes using letter frequency is an interesting activity which can become very absorbing. There are clear pribiples to be followed but also plenty of opportunities for inspired guesses and sudden good ideas. The setting is of ancient maps, mysterious deaths, lost cities and shipwrecks and in each case a successful deciphering leads to where the treasure is buried. If any of the codes proves too difficult to decipher, then help is given... but, in not too helpful a way!

Be a Codebreaker

Children's Books

Activities, Crafts & Games

Tarquin Pubns

Who would have thought that paper models could illustrate some fundamental truths about the universe! Yet Lee Bulbrook has succeeded in using a certain geometrical shape which represents the fundamental structure of real atoms rather well. Because of this, they glue together logically to make model molecules which closely represent the shapes and properties of real molecules. This combination of words, pictures and models opens the door to a better understanding of this fascinating subject. To bring all these ideas together and to explain the significance of the models. There is an extensive minibook to tell more about fundamental chemistry.

The Curious Quantum: Fundamental Chemistry Explained With Cut-out Models

Bulbrook, Lee

A bird is a particularly appropriate subject for a mobile. Cut them out from the book and glue them together. When finished there will be six beautiful and varied mobiles... a pheasant, a barn owl, a kingfisher, a puffin, a green woodpecker, and a robin on its nest. There is also a clever circular disc to make to dial up information about the birds, their habits, and their habitat.

Bird Mobiles

Wild, Anne

An explanation of how to create optical illusions based on the idea of printing two overlapping images in red and blue and then viewing them through coloured spectacles. This book contains the material and instruction to enable the reader to create such a pair of glasses. It shows how different information has to be presented to each eye in a carefully controlled way and how to construct the correct perspective views. The ideas presented in the book include two-dimensional as well as three-dimensional illusions. There are also suggestions on how red and blue images can be used to produce original and amusing cards and informative graphic illustrations.

The Red & Blue Illusion Book: How to Create 3-D Drawings and Other Optical Tricks

Hiner, Mark

A kit book containing two large models to cut out and glue together: the compound of five cubes and the compound of ten tetrahedra.

Compound Polyhedra

Jenkins, Gerald

Bear, Magdalen

Education & Reference

Time, fashion and different performance spaces have created an endless number of variations in the production of Shakespeare's plays. This beautiful book explores these variations from Shakespeare's time to our own, starting with the first Globe Theatre. All the pieces to make the pull-up scenes are ready to cut out and glue in position. These scenes include some of the best known and best loved plays and each is shown as it would have been at a particular time in theatre history. Some extraordinary ideas and personalities have been presented over the years and this book draws attention to the richness of Shakespeare and of our theatrical heritage.

Shakespeare on Stage: Including Pop-Up Theatre Scenes to Make Yourself

Brownfoot, Andrew

The patterns presented in this book to colour are based on principles first discovered by Arabic mathematicians in the 10th century.

Altair Design: Special Patterns for Everyone to Colour

Literature & Fiction

This is a completely new edition of the classic book which has been out of print for many years. The plans and illustrations of all 59 of the stellations of the icosahedron have been redrawn by Kate and David Krennell and there is a new introduction by Professor Coxeter. For a thorough understanding of the process of stellation and for splendid examples of polyhedra, this book will be a valuable addition to any mathematics library.

The Fifty-Nine Icosahedra

Coxeter, H.S.M.

Flather, H. T.

Petrie, J. F.

Du Val, P.

All the colorful models in this collection, when cut out and glued together, have curious and interesting properties. Some rotate, some fold and unfold, some twist and others fit together in unexpected ways. All illustrate mathematical ideas in an amusing and interesting fashion. Also included is a mini-book which gives background information and further ideas.

Mathematical Curiosities: To Cut Out and Glue Together

For many of us, in our own school days, mathematics lessons were pretty boring. Today there is enormous potential for technology to enliven learning and nowhere can its power be harnessed more effectively than in the teaching of mathematics. Over the last five years, the authors have collaborated to explore the use of computer applets in teaching. Applets are computer programs that provide students with an interactive learning environment, but which work free of networks and are simple to install, and use.

An Applet for the Teacher: Mathematics for the Imagination

Science & Math

Alan Graham

Roger Duke

Mathematics

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