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by Bryan Conrad (Illustrator), Aneeka Cheema (Illustrator), Iris Marie Mack (Author)
Globe Newswire reports that Dr. Iris Mack's mathematics edutainment book is "turning heads across the country in a response similar to the widely promoted 'Hooked on Phonics, ' that improved children's reading skills." Her unique approach to math became one of Xlibris/Random House Publisher's top children's picture book royalty earners.
If there is one word that sums up our recent economic woes, it is interest. There's interest on credit card balances, student loans, car loans, home mortgages, corporate borrowings and most prominently, on state and national debt. But there is surprisingly little interest in this interest. We all pay it. But not many of us really understand how it works.
Dr. Iris Mack has filled the gap - and for young consumers. Her financial literacy book Mama Says, "Money Doesn't Grow on Trees!'' is focused on teaching students that math can be fun and key to understanding money and interest. In today's world of massive credit card debt, student loan debt bubble, subprime mortgage crises, derivatives, bankruptcies, cryptos and predatory lending, Dr. Mack's book is more relevant than ever.
In Mama Says, "Money Doesn't Grow on Trees!'' a group of smart, animated characters explain how money and interest work, as young consumers are introduced to mathematics and financial literacy. Professor , Ms. Madonna Sorenson and Dr. Mackamatix lead students Al G Bro, Frakshun, Nada, Queen% and Material Girl Ma$ through a fun-filled math class all about how money and interest work in their everyday lives.
"I think the work you do showing how math can be beautiful and practical is great, keep it up!" says Javier Tordable, Senior Software Engineer at the Google Corporation.
"Making math fun and relevant is a real public service. Old fashioned, boring textbooks aren't the thing that will capture the imagination and engage our children in the fun and yes, joy, in math and problem solving. Iris Mack has created a group of characters and scenarios that will draw young people into the fold of knowledge." says Karen Pritzker- Producer of The My Hero Project and Editor of The Yale Center for Dyslexia & Creativity website.
Author Biography
Iris Mack, PhD, EMBA earned a Harvard doctorate in Applied Mathematics and a London Business School MBA. Dr. Mack is under contract with the Global Finance Division of John Wiley & Sons Publishers to publish a book entitled "Energy Trading and Risk Management." Dr. Mack is a former MIT professor. Dr. Mack has worked as a Derivatives Quant/Trader in financial institutions in the U.S., London and Asia. Oxford-trained mathematician Dr. Paul Wilmott - founder of the Certificate of Quantitative Finance Program in London - has invited Dr. Mack to lecture on Energy Derivatives and to join his team of quantitative financial markets bloggers on wilmott.com. Dr. Mack conducts workshops on Quantitative Investments and High Frequency Trading for the Terrapinn Group "3-Day MBA Program" in Singapore, Hong Kong and London. Dr. Mack serves on a National Academy of Sciences Research Advisory Board. In addition, she serves on the Advisory Boards of the Women Mentor Women Foundation and the I Can Still Do That Foundation. Dr. Mack founded Phat Math Inc. in Miami, Florida in 2003. A few years later in 2007 she and her colleagues at Phat Math launched their prototype mathematics edutainment social network PhatMath.com. Students in grades K-12 and College have access to free 24/7 online math homework help on PhatMath.com - named one of the Top 50 Social Sites for Educators and Academics and 25 Useful Networking Sites for Grad Students. Dr. Mack has been an astronaut semifinalist, one of Glamour Magazine's "Top 10" college students, one of Glamour's "Top 10" working women, an investment banker, an Enron Energy Trader and an MIT professor. In addition, she was the second African-American female to earn a doctorate in Applied Mathematics from Harvard. Later she became a mathematics and business school professor at several academic institutions, while simultaneously running a consulting firm Associated Technologists, Inc. (ATI). More information about Dr. Mack's professional experiences, her academic credentials, speaking engagements and media exposure may be found on www.MathQED.com and on youtube (http: //bit.ly/1PCCNzO).
