"Experiments and research challenges help reinforce mathematical concepts in this fascinating book about great math thinkers in history and their discoveries. Readers will enjoy reading the stories behind each breakthrough in math as well as the mini bios of the math "STEM-gineers" who solved them."-- Provided by publisher.

Includes index.

Mathematics all around us -- Right-angled triangles -- Shapes and space -- Developing numbers -- A never-ending number -- The Fibonacci sequence -- Pascal's triangle -- Drawing graphs -- A calculating machine -- Symmetrical shapes -- Count like a computer -- Making a decision -- Fractal geometry.