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

Amy Alznauer, illustrated by Anna Bron

This picture-book biography traces Marjorie Rice’s long interest in patterns and science. After reading about pentagonal tiles in 1975, she began exploring ways five-sided shapes could tile a plane. Though not a professional mathematician, she developed several new convex tiling pentagons over two decades and was later recognized for her contributions.

This book appears on 5 reading lists across 2 editions from 5 organizations.

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Themes
Curiosity · Mathematics · Science · Women And Girls
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Candlewick
Published
March 4, 2025
Pages
48
ISBN-13
9781536229479
Language
English
Cooperative Children's Book Center, University of Wisconsin–MadisonCCBC Choices
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