The Book Depository How Much is A Million by David M. Schwartz
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Description: How Much is A Million? : Paperback : Harper Collins Publishers Inc : 9780688099336 : 0688099335 : 28 Dec 2004 : With the help of Marvelosissimo the Mathematical Magician and a group of curious children, Schwartz and Kellogg join forces to knock complex numbers down to size. The Book Depository How Much is A Million by David M. Schwartz - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
Category: Books
Merchant: The Book Depository
Product ID: 9780688099336
MPN: 0688099335
GTIN: 9780688099336
Author: McEwang1
Rating: 5
Review: Great book. My daughter was asking what is the last number in the universe and what is a million and this really made her able to visualise the numbers. Thank you.
Author: The Yellow House
Rating: 2
Review: I liked the idea of this book since my kids are always asking about how much a million really is, and I love Steven Kellogg's illustrations, which is the main reason I bought the book and the reason for two stars. However, the entire text is TYPED IN ALL CAPS which make it uncomfortable/difficult to read. There are also actually very few scenarios mentioned in the book. It covers one million by the number of kids standing on one's shoulders, how long it would take to count, and how big a bowl would have to be to hold that many fish, and number of stars. Then it covers one billion - again with the same measures: kids on shoulders, time it takes to count that far, what a billion fish would fit into, and number of stars. Then one trillion - again with the same measures. I would have enjoyed hearing more of a variety of ways the numbers could be counted to put it into further context, and not used the same measures for each. The author also wastes 7 pages out of this 34 page book - a full 20% of the book (see what I did there? math!) with nothing but dots representing 100,000 stars. At the end of the book, the author explains his math in great detail, which is pretty neat for an adult to read, but definitely not interesting or understandable for the age group this book is written for. My kids looked through this once, mainly for the pictures, and it was then immediately forgotten, including by me until I decided to take some time to review my purchases from the past six months. I'd pass if I were you.
