The Kitchen Pantry Scientist Math for Kids

Rebecca Rapoport holds degrees in mathematics from Harvard University and Michigan State. From her first job out of college, as one of the pioneers of Harvard’s Internet education offerings, she has been passionate about encouraging her love for math in others. As an early contributor to both retail giant Amazon.com and Akamai Technologies, the number one firm in cloud computing, Rapoport played a key role in several elements of the Internet revolution. She then returned to her first love, education, as an innovator of new methods to introduce children and adults to the critically important world of STEAM education as COO of an enrichment center dedicated to helping kids explore the creative side of science, technology, engineering, art, and math, and is currently developing and teaching innovative math curricula in the Boston area. Rapoport is also the co-author of Math Games Lab for Kids (published by Quarry Books), a book of fun, hands-on math activities designed to introduce elementary and middle-school students to several areas of higher math; and the calendars Mathematics: Your Daily Epsilon of Math 2021,​ Mathematics: Your Daily Epsilon of Math 2020, Mathematics 2019: Your Daily Epsilon of Math, and The Mathematics Calendar 2018, all published by Rock Point. She has an Erdös number of 2.

The Kitchen Pantry Scientist: Math for Kids features biographies of 20+ leading mathematicians, past and present, accompanied by accessible and engaging games and activities to bring the history and principles of math alive.

Foreword by Liz Heinecke, The Kitchen Pantry Scientist Introduction   Geometry: Hypatia:  Square Wheels Maryam Mirzakhani:  Straight Edge, Curved Slot J. Ernest Wilkins Jr.:  Building Buildings Fan Chung:  Corners and Edges and Faces! Oh My!  Games: John Conway:  Dots & Boxes Federico Ardila:  Pigeons Love Holes Srinivasa Ramanujan:  Mancala  Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī:  Awesome Algebra   Art: Grace Hopper:  Binary Bracelet  Mary Everest Boole:  Stitching Everest Ron Graham:  Fibonacci Spiral Jennifer McLoud-Mann:  Shape-Shifting