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I got a little excited… it’s not due until next year….

The Five Sides of Marjorie Rice: How to Discover a Shape by Amy Alznauer

April 22, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The Five Sides of Marjorie Rice: How to Discover a Shape is not an easy picture book to write about. Afterall, I didn’t understand half of it! This is due to the fact that there are a lot of scientific and mathematical terms where some went over my head. Therefore, this is a book that might be aimed at the “picture book crowd” but could also have an older reader group as well.  Amy Alznauer and Anna Bron (illustrations) made this March 2025 (yes 2025) […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: 1930s, Amy Alznauer, Anna Bron, geometry, intersection of art and science, Marjorie Rice, Oregon

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:180 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: 1930s, Amy Alznauer, Anna Bron, geometry, intersection of art and science, Marjorie Rice, Oregon ·
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In which A Square contemplates the universe

Flatland by Edwin Abbott

August 1, 2020 by Mobius_Walker Leave a Comment

Flatland is broken up into two parts. In the first A Square explains to the reader his universe which is called Flatland, a two dimensional world. There are only two dimensions in Flatland: one that runs North to South and one that run West to East. All women are Lines and there is a separate caste system based around the number of sides one has. In such system, the lowest caste are isosceles triangles, for how can one be worthy of respect if they are […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: cbr12bingo, Education, Edwin Abbott, geometry, mathematics, Satire, social satire

Mobius_Walker's CBR12 Review No:18 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: cbr12bingo, Education, Edwin Abbott, geometry, mathematics, Satire, social satire ·
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