"Mathematical Planet" Author: Karina Loir / Laurence Bino / Rosina Gernelle Publisher: China Population Press

We live on a mathematical planet.

Shopping, finding the way, building houses, repairing roads, making machines... all of these require mathematics. Weather forecasting, network encryption, winning the lottery, composing music, painting... all of these are actually related to mathematics!

Nature is also a mysterious math expert! The number and distribution of petals, the shape of tree crowns, the life span of cicadas, these natural phenomena all have mathematical laws hidden in them!

The whole book uses humorous and concise pictures and texts to help children understand mathematics, get close to mathematics, and then fall in love with mathematics.

Part I: A brief history of the development of mathematics

Wrong understanding of mathematics: Mathematics is the endless math problems in textbooks and exercise books.

Correct understanding of mathematics: Mathematics is closely related to the development of our human civilization. Human needs have promoted the development of mathematics, and mathematics has greatly improved our lives.

Part II: Application of Mathematics in Daily Life

Misunderstanding of mathematics: Mathematics is an abstract concept in textbooks.

Correct understanding of mathematics: mathematics is closely connected with our lives. What is the relationship between mathematics and the game of Monopoly? What is the relationship between mathematics and social networks such as WeChat, QQ, and Facebook? What is the relationship between mathematics and the stock market, sociology, cryptography, architecture, meteorology, and art?

Part III: Interesting Phenomena in Mathematics

Misconception about mathematics: Mathematics is boring and the fixed formulas are unoriginal.

Correct understanding of mathematics: Is there any connection between π and McDonald's red bean pie? What is the connection between rabbit birth and mathematical series? Is the name of Google also related to mathematics? What is the connection between the shape of broccoli and mathematics?

Knowing this, will children be more interested in learning mathematics? Instead of rushing to push children into a sea of ​​math problems, which will only yield half the result with twice the effort, it is better to do the opposite and stimulate and cultivate children's interest in mathematics first. After the children have tasted the sweetness, let them take the initiative to learn willingly and happily.

Karina Loire is an independent journalist who focuses on various social inequalities. She is also a children's book author. Books such as Girls and Boys, A Small Step for Equality, and A Small Step for Sharing the Planet have been published by the well-known French children's publishing house Action Sud. She lives in Toulouse, France, where Airbus was born.

Rochen Gernelle was born in the small French town of Vichy, where he received professional art education. He worked as an illustrator for newspapers, children's books, etc., focusing on comic strips.