"In 1996, Alan Sokal Published an Essay in the hip intellectual magazine Social Text parodying the scientific but impenetrable lingo of contemporary theorists. On the heels of the fierce academic debate that followed the hoax, Sokal teams up with Jean Bricmont to expose the abuse of scientific concepts in the writings of today's most fashionable postmodern thinkers. From Jacques Lacan and Julia Kristeva to Luce Irigaray and Jean Baudrillard, the authors...

"This book examines the interface between mathematics and applied sciences. The editor examines the present and future needs for the interaction between various science and engineering areas. This edited book brings together the cutting-edge research on mathematics, combining various fields of science and engineering. The book begins with an introduction to computing and modeling. Next, computation and modeling trends are covered, along with chapters...

"Manny, Olivia, and Mei go apple picking and sort their red, green, and yellow apples by color. But then they find an apple that's all three colors. What should they do?"--Provided by publisher.

An introduction to sorting things into sets.

Three young firefighters must find matching sets of buttons to complete their costumes for a parade, but should they sort them by shape, color, or size?

"Move over, Sherlock and Watson--the detective duo of Carmichael and Lennox shows how math smarts can crack even the most perplexing cases. In the entertaining short-story collection L.A. Math, freelance investigator Freddy Carmichael meets colorful personalities throughout Los Angeles and encounters mysterious circumstances from embezzlement and robbery to murder. In each story, Freddy's deductive instincts--and the trusty math skills of his sidekick,...

As he asks more and more friends to join him for lunch, Turtle must make up sets of dishes to accommodate them.