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Kjartan Poskitt

    15 mai 1956

    Kjartan Poskitt est un auteur et présentateur de télévision dont les œuvres se caractérisent par une approche ludique et engageante de la science et des mathématiques. Son écriture vise à démystifier des concepts complexes, les rendant accessibles aux jeunes lecteurs par l'humour et des exemples convaincants. Son style est connu pour sa capacité à transformer des sujets banals en explorations passionnantes. Les livres de Poskitt encouragent les lecteurs à interagir avec le monde qui les entoure en utilisant la logique et la créativité.

    Kjartan Poskitt
    Agatha Parrot and the Heart of Mud
    The Magic of Maths
    Escape from Hotel Infinity (Numbers)
    Murderous Maths
    The Runaway Pea Left Behind
    Retour vers les maths
    • Retour vers les maths

      Réapprendre les bases simplement pour se faciliter la vie au quotidien !

      Vous voulez acheter une voiture à crédit ? Faire du shopping pendant les soldes sans vous faire arnaquer ? Comparer les offres de différentes banques ? Dans la vie de tous les jours, au bureau ou en vacances, les maths, on en a grand besoin ! Mais comment faire lorsqu'on en a horreur depuis sa plus tendre enfance et qu'on n'a jamais rien compris ? Peut-on espérer venir à bout de ces petits calculs insidieux qui donnent la migraine rien qu'en y pensant ?Avec ses explications vraiment très simples et d'excellentes illustrations, ce petit livre va révolutionner votre quotidien ! Apprenez notamment à calculer :° Les intérêts de votre emprunt ou la TVA d'un produit.° La probabilité que vous avez de gagner au Loto.° S'il est plus intéressant de bénéficier d'une réduction de 50 % ou d'avoir «un produit acheté, le deuxième offert».° Combien va vous coûter la veste de vos rêves maintenant qu'elle est à -35 %.° Etc.Grâce à ce livre, vous verrez que les maths ne sont pas juste une invention pour martyriser de pauvres innocents ! Fractions, équations, pourcentages, distances, vitesses, degrés et autres mots soi-disant barbares n'auront plus de secret pour vous !SIMPLIFIEZ-VOUS LA VIE AVEC RETOUR VERS LES MATHS !Kjartan Poskitt, anglais, est depuis toujours fou de mathématiques. Il a écrit de nombreux livres sur le sujet pour ados et enfants

      Retour vers les maths
    • The Runaway Pea Left Behind

      • 32pages
      • 2 heures de lecture
      5,0(4)Évaluer

      The Runaway Pea is on a roll in this, the third installment of this bestselling series by Kjartan Poskitt and Alex Willmore, loved by parents and preschoolers alike!

      The Runaway Pea Left Behind
    • Murderous Maths

      To the Power of Ten

      4,4(56)Évaluer

      Boxed set contains Awesome Arithmetricks, Guaranteed to Bend Your Brain, Desperate Measures, Do You Feel Lucky, Easy Questions Evil Answers, Key to the Universe, Guaranteed to Mash Your Mind, The Perfect Sausage, The Phantom X and Savage Shapes.

      Murderous Maths
    • Escape from Hotel Infinity (Numbers)

      • 48pages
      • 2 heures de lecture
      4,7(3)Évaluer

      In a mysterious hotel, you find yourself trapped amidst a storm, where each room presents a new numerical challenge. As you navigate through puzzles and riddles, the stakes rise, testing your mathematical skills and problem-solving abilities. The journey is not just about escaping the hotel but also about confronting your own fears and limitations. Will you be able to solve the enigmas and find your way out, or will the hotel keep you forever?

      Escape from Hotel Infinity (Numbers)
    • MURDEROUS MATHS: The Secrets of Sums is full of facts, tricks and tips to help children discover why numbers are nifty and arithmetic is amazing. With a fabulous brand-new cover for 2019, children can learn all about prime suspects, diabolical division, sneaky signs and much more.

      The Magic of Maths
    • Agatha Parrot and the Heart of Mud

      • 160pages
      • 6 heures de lecture
      4,5(2)Évaluer

      Agatha Parrot is determined to help her friend Martha, who has been banned from playing soccer by her mother. As Agatha navigates this challenge, she also meddles in her brother James's email correspondence with an unknown girl, discovering that the girl's passion for spelling might be the key to securing Martha's soccer return. Through a series of forged emails and spelling tests, Agatha aims to change Martha's fate while also complicating James's budding relationship. Will Martha make it to the big game, and how will the truth affect everyone involved?

      Agatha Parrot and the Heart of Mud
    • The Fiendish Angletron: Trigonometry

      • 208pages
      • 8 heures de lecture
      4,3(77)Évaluer

      Is maths making you miserable? Are you traumatised by triangles andanxious about angles? Fear not: this book will help you solvethe most testing of trigonomogeometric tasks.But beware - Professor Fiendish is planning his most evil schemeyet! To defeat him you'll need to push your calculator to its limitand use those mysterious buttons you've always been afraid totouch. Also here to help are the strangely familiar superheroes Supersin,Cosgirl and Tandog. Meanwhile Blade and the gang attemptto solve the mystery of Bluetooth's Buried Bullion using breadsticks,a mustard jar, and a coffee cup...

      The Fiendish Angletron: Trigonometry
    • "Agatha Parrot is just trying to watch her favourite TV show, 'SING, WIGGLE and SHINE' (the worst talent show ever), when her absolutely evil brother James swipes the remote so he can watch football instead. Of course, there's a row and the remote goes missing and no one can watch anything. But after a giant yellow cake, a school fête and a fairy birthday party down the street that turns James into a giant mushroom (sort of), Agatha gets her revenge."--Publisher information

      Agatha Parrot and the Mushroom Boy
    • Isaac Newton and His Apple

      • 192pages
      • 7 heures de lecture
      4,2(491)Évaluer

      Even though he is dead, Isaac is still full of surprises. Now you can get the inside story with Isaac's undiscovered diary, scan the pages of The Stuart Sun and find out how the whole world was turned upside-down by an apple.

      Isaac Newton and His Apple
    • More Murderous Maths

      • 159pages
      • 6 heures de lecture
      4,1(215)Évaluer

      Even if you didn't know that maths could be murderous, read on. It's guaranteed to have no nasty exercises and boring sums Yes, One Finger Jimmy and the rest of the gang are back to show you just how catastrophically dangerous maths can be.

      More Murderous Maths