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A million dots / Sven Völker.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Cicada Books, 2019. Description: 1 volume (unpaged); illustrations (colour); 29 cmISBN:
  • 9781908714664
  • 1908714662
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 513.2 23
  • 513.2 14
Summary: A stunning graphic visualisation of numbers, in which the number on each page is doubled, going from 1 to 1 million in 44 pages. We start with a single tree; 1. As we turn the page, we are presented with a sum doubling the number on the page before it: 1+1 = 2; 2+2 = 4; 4+4 = 8. In this way, we reach a million (actually 1,048,576) within 44 pages. Each sum is brought to life with a simple graphic illustration in the distinctive style of Sven Voelker. The dots form the back of a ladybird, the bubbles in a cup of soda and the water in a swimming pool. On each page, a single neon dot illustrates what one means in the context of the sum. Gloriously simple in its concept and execution, this is a book that will bring mathematics alive to parents as well as children and will also make a stunning gift book.
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Picture Book Picture Book Waimate Picture Books Children &Young Adults Section PIC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available A00776264

A stunning graphic visualisation of numbers, in which the number on each page is doubled, going from 1 to 1 million in 44 pages. We start with a single tree; 1. As we turn the page, we are presented with a sum doubling the number on the page before it: 1+1 = 2; 2+2 = 4; 4+4 = 8. In this way, we reach a million (actually 1,048,576) within 44 pages. Each sum is brought to life with a simple graphic illustration in the distinctive style of Sven Voelker. The dots form the back of a ladybird, the bubbles in a cup of soda and the water in a swimming pool. On each page, a single neon dot illustrates what one means in the context of the sum. Gloriously simple in its concept and execution, this is a book that will bring mathematics alive to parents as well as children and will also make a stunning gift book.

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