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Episode: Timothy W Young
Description: Timothy W Young wrote a textbook which explains the power of the number one in great detail with examples and illustrations to emphasize the amazing power of the simplest of numbers. The textbook is a must-read by all students in college who are preparing to be elementary teachers or secondary mathematics teachers. The topics covered in the book range from finding equivalent fractions, performing operations with fractions, ratios, percentages, rational expressions, and even calculus limit problems. The simple procedures introduced to find equivalent fractions in 3rd or 4th grade are the same procedures used to simplify the limit problems...