Books with author Scott K. Peterson

It's Easter, and what better way for Phineas and Ferb to celebrate than to throw a giant festival in their backyard, complete with rockin' bands and candy-shooting cannons? But when their older sister, Candace, learns about their plans, she's determined to bust her brothers once and for all! Meanwhile, Dr. Doofenshmirtz has decided to dress up like the Easter Bunny as a ploy to try and finally take over the Tri-State Area! This egg-citing 8x8 includes a sheet of stickers and foil on the cover!

The Vaughn Cube for Multiplication is an amazing complete program that includes: a 2.5-hour DVD video with accompanying skill development and testing materials, and a helpful Instructor's Guide. In approximately 6 hours (including the video and skill practice), your child can answer the 100 multiplication facts. With this proven method, students do not have to memorize the multiplication tables by continuous repetition. Instead, they use their natural ability to remember what they see and where they see it. Students can easily learn the multiplication facts as early as second grade, allowing them to enter third grade confident in their multiplication skills. The Vaughn Cube for Multiplication is a fun, easy way for kids to learn and remember multiplication facts!

“Beware of geeks bearing formulas.” --Warren Buffett In March of 2006, the world’s richest men sipped champagne in an opulent New York hotel. They were preparing to compete in a poker tournament with million-dollar stakes, but those numbers meant nothing to them. They were accustomed to risking billions. At the card table that night was Peter Muller, an eccentric, whip-smart whiz kid who’d studied theoretical mathematics at Princeton and now managed a fabulously successful hedge fund called PDT…when he wasn’t playing his keyboard for morning commuters on the New York subway. With him was Ken Griffin, who as an undergraduate trading convertible bonds out of his Harvard dorm room had outsmarted the Wall Street pros and made money in one of the worst bear markets of all time. Now he was the tough-as-nails head of Citadel Investment Group, one of the most powerful money machines on earth. There too were Cliff Asness, the sharp-tongued, mercurial founder of the hedge fund AQR, a man as famous for his computer-smashing rages as for his brilliance, and Boaz Weinstein, chess life-master and king of the credit default swap, who while juggling $30 billion worth of positions for Deutsche Bank found time for frequent visits to Las Vegas with the famed MIT card-counting team. On that night in 2006, these four men and their cohorts were the new kings of Wall Street. Muller, Griffin, Asness, and Weinstein were among the best and brightest of a new breed, the quants. Over the prior twenty years, this species of math whiz --technocrats who make billions not with gut calls or fundamental analysis but with formulas and high-speed computers-- had usurped the testosterone-fueled, kill-or-be-killed risk-takers who’d long been the alpha males the world’s largest casino. The quants believed that a dizzying, indecipherable-to-mere-mortals cocktail of differential calculus, quantum physics, and advanced geometry held the key to reaping riches from the financial markets. And they helped create a digitized money-trading machine that could shift billions around the globe with the click of a mouse. Few realized that night, though, that in creating this unprecedented machine, men like Muller, Griffin, Asness and Weinstein had sowed the seeds for history’s greatest financial disaster. Drawing on unprecedented access to these four number-crunching titans, The Quants tells the inside story of what they thought and felt in the days and weeks when they helplessly watched much of their net worth vaporize – and wondered just how their mind-bending formulas and genius-level IQ’s had led them so wrong, so fast. Had their years of success been dumb luck, fool’s gold, a good run that could come to an end on any given day? What if The Truth they sought -- the secret of the markets -- wasn’t knowable? Worse, what if there wasn’t any Truth? In The Quants, Scott Patterson tells the story not just of these men, but of Jim Simons, the reclusive founder of the most successful hedge fund in history; Aaron Brown, the quant who used his math skills to humiliate Wall Street’s old guard at their trademark game of Liar’s Poker, and years later found himself with a front-row seat to the rapid emergence of mortgage-backed securities; and gadflies and dissenters such as Paul Wilmott, Nassim Taleb, and Benoit Mandelbrot. With the immediacy of today’s NASDAQ close and the timeless power of a Greek tragedy, The Quants is at once a masterpiece of explanatory journalism, a gripping tale of ambition and hubris…and an ominous warning about Wall Street’s future.

A boy competes to win a sought-after illustrator's spot in King Tut's unbuilt tomb.At the base of the Valley of the Kings in ancient Egypt lies a craftsmen's village. For centuries, its people have painted the tombs of kings. No outsiders have been allowed to join their ranks. But now, their ranks are dwindling. They desperately need an apprentice. On a nearby farm, Ramses is an orphan with a strange skill. He has a magic talent for catching the gods inside his drawings. He must fight to understand his frightening powers. He must struggle against the caretakers who refuse to let him enter the competition. He must challenge the ancient gods themselves to understand his destiny. A magical, feel-good story about one boy's struggle to pursue his dreams. What readers are saying: "You find yourself on the edge of your seat!" "roller-coaster of a journey" Readers will be gripped by this adventure set in a land of gold, mummies, and ancient magic that the world has never forgotten.A classic adventure for readers age 9 - 12.

Peterson's® SAT® Prep Guide 2019 provides a wealth of test-taking strategies and skill-building exercises to help students prepare well for the SAT®. Students will find extensive subject reviews for the Reading, Writing and Language, Math-No Calculator, and Math-Calculator test sections of the SAT®. The book's full-length Diagnostic Test with detailed answer explanations helps students determine their strengths and weaknesses, and the numerous exercises will surely boost students' test-prep confidence. The 5 additional full-length practice tests in the book, plus exclusive access to 3 full-length practice tests online, will help students score high on test day. In addition, the updated "Parents' Guide to College Admission Testing," provides valuable advice for parents on subjects such as what tests their high school student should take, how to motivate their child, and what role to play in the college admissions process.9 full-length practice tests (including a full Diagnostic Test and access to 3 online practice tests), withdetailed answer explanationsExtensive subject review of the Reading, Writing and Language, Math, and optional Essay sections, withdozens of practice exercisesExpert tips and strategies to help students succeed on test dayUser-friendly design, with bulleted roadmaps and chapter summaries formulated so that high schoolstudents can work through the exercises at their own paceHelpful resource for parents on how to best help their student prepare for the SAT and any bumps along theroad to college

Through dynamic infographics, charts, up-close photos and strong reading level control, this title explores the invasion of Africanized honeybees, including where they came from and their impact within biomes and food webs. Angry bees. Fish that eat everything. It's an invasive species takeover! This series examines some of the most prominent non-native animals and plants making an ecological impact in their newfound homes. Perfect for pairing with Next Gen Science Standards and cause/effect studies. With stunning images, infographics and more, these hi/lo books are sure to go viral.

Peterson's Master the SSAT® & ISEE® is the guide for preparing students and their parents for the SSAT® and the ISEE®. Complete with the most up-to-date information on the upper-level exams, the book is vitally important to anyone preparing for private secondary school admissions testing. Students have access to test-taking strategies for each of the question types, along with exam day specific advice. Four practice tests, plus a diagnostic test, provide students with a realistic idea of what to expect when the test date arrives. Additionally, students and parents both encounter tips on all aspects of the ptivate secondary school search process: how to identify schools that are a good fit, how to apply for financial aid, and all of the other challenges of finding the right private secondary school for you or your child.