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Minds of Modern Mathematics
By Glen Fleck
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- NOT AVAILABLE
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- MartianCraft in collaboration with IBM and the Eames Office
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on August 1, 2012 | Best of Apps and Enhanced Books
Gr 7 Up—In 1961, Charles and Ray Eames created an exhibit for IBM, Mathematica: A World of Numbers...and Beyond, which was seen by millions of people at the 1964/1965 New York World's Fair. That exhibit, a 50-foot timeline installation on the history of mathematicians and mathematics, has been reborn as an app.The iPad is the perfect platform for this timeline as it allows users to interact with the exhibit in ways that weren't possible before. The title is divided into three parts: a reproduction of the original timeline (here carefully retouched); a...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
