More Shapes Than One
More Shapes Than One

Author: Fred Chappell

Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin

Published: 2013-12-17

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 1466860502

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These thirteen tales are populated by an assortment of fictional as well as real characters, all of them vividly sketched and true-to-life: the botanist Linnaeus, the composer Offenbach, the poet Hart Crane, the visionary horror writer H. P. Lovecraft, a southern sheriff, a dealer in rare books, a country singer, an old maid (and her suitor), and a mathematician. Whether these stories are deemed disquieting, comic, prophetic, or tall in the telling, they show us worlds where the truth reveals itself in many shapes. Throughout the writings comprising More Shapes Than One, Fred Chappell's storytelling magic transforms the commonplace.

Shapes Are Everywhere!
Shapes Are Everywhere!

Author: Charles Ghigna

Publisher: Capstone

Published: 2014-12-09

Total Pages: 22

ISBN-13: 1479555835

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Introduces basic shapes through fun, poetic text. A circle, a triangle, an oval, a square—shapes are found everywhere!

More Shapes Than One
More Shapes Than One

Author: Fred Chappell

Publisher: St Martins Press

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 197

ISBN-13: 9780312064181

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A collection of thirteen short stories which describes what happens to individuals who obtain peculiar objects of their particular desires

Pick a Circle, Gather Squares
Pick a Circle, Gather Squares

Author: Felicia Sanzari Chernesky

Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company

Published: 2013-09-01

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 0807565393

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Fall is here, with all its wonderful visual delights—not just colors, but shapes! This clever concept book follows a family on a trip to a pumpkin patch and invites children to pick out shapes from the seasonal scenery—apple bushel circles, square hay bales, diamond kites in the autumn sky! Felicia Sanzari Chernesky’s sweet verses are perfectly complemented by Susan Swan’s gorgeous collage-inspired art.

My Very First Book of Shapes
My Very First Book of Shapes

Author: Eric Carle

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2005-05-19

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 0399243879

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Can you find what is round? What is square? In this timeless new split-pageboard book, children can find the bottom half of a page that matches the top half. Find the right pairs, and you will learn to identify all kinds of shapes. From dome-shaped ladybugs to diamond- shaped kites, this clever board book makes learning fun.

This Is a Book of Shapes
This Is a Book of Shapes

Author: Kenneth Kraegel

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2020-09-08

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 1536207012

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The creator of King Arthur’s Very Great Grandson and Green Pants switches gears with a slyly silly introduction to shapes—just watch out for the emus! First comes the circle. Then the square and the triangle. Then the . . . emu pushing a pancake wagon down a hill? What begins as a concept book about everyone’s geometric favorites soon defies expectations with a series of funny and imaginative twists. Award-winning author-illustrator Kenneth Kraegel pairs a deadpan text with simple wood-grained shapes, interspersed with vibrant illustrations of animals engaged in hilariously absurd pastimes. Each page turn builds on the delicious anticipation the contrast creates to make this a unique and rollicking story-time hit.

Make Shapes 1
Make Shapes 1

Author: Gerald Jenkins

Publisher: Make shapes series

Published: 1977-10

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780906212004

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One of Tarquin's all time bestsellers Children love making these beautiful shapes which are such fun to decorate. Each model is printed on crisp white paper ready to cut out and glue together. There are at least 12 hours of enjoyment in each book and the finished models make a fine collection. There are plenty of suggestions and ideas for colouring and decoration. A fantastic way to introduce 3D geometry to children - at home or in class. Makes an excellent gift or prize The sister book, Make Shapes 2 contains slightly more complex models.

Shapes of Imagination
Shapes of Imagination

Author: George Stiny

Publisher: MIT Press

Published: 2022-11-15

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 026254413X

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Visual calculating in shape grammars aligns with art and design, bridging the gap between seeing (Coleridge's “imagination”) and combinatoric play (Coleridge's “fancy”). In Shapes of Imagination, George Stiny runs visual calculating in shape grammars through art and design—incorporating Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poetic imagination and Oscar Wilde's corollary to see things as they aren't. Many assume that calculating limits art and design to suit computers, but shape grammars rely on seeing to prove otherwise. Rules that change what they see extend calculating to overtake what computers can do, in logic and with data and learning. Shape grammars bridge the divide between seeing (Coleridge's “imagination, or esemplastic power”) and combinatoric play (Coleridge's “fancy”). Stiny shows that calculating without seeing excludes art and design. Seeing is key for calculating to augment creative activity with aesthetic insight and value. Shape grammars go by appearances, in a full-fledged aesthetic enterprise for the inconstant eye; they answer the question of what calculating would be like if Turing and von Neumann were artists instead of logicians. Art and design are calculating in all their splendid detail.