Mathematician's Delight (Penguin mathematics) - Softcover

Sawyer, W.

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9780140130348: Mathematician's Delight (Penguin mathematics)

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ISBN 10: 0140130349 ISBN 13: 9780140130348

Publisher: Penguin, 1991

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'The main object of this book is to dispel the fear of mathematics. Many people regard mathematicians as a race apart, possessed of almost supernatural powers. While this is very flattering for successful mathematicians, it is very bad for those who, for one reason or another, are attempting to learn the subject.'W.W. Sawyer's deep understanding of how we learn and his lively, practical approach have made this an ideal introduction to mathematics for generations of readers. By starting at the level of simple arithmetic and algebra and then proceeding step by step through graphs, logarithms and trigonometry to calculus and the dizzying world of imaginary numbers, the book takes the mystery out of maths. Throughout, Sawyer reveals how theory is subordinate to the real-life applications of mathematics - the Pyramids were built on Euclidean principles three thousand years before Euclid formulated them - and celebrates the sheer intellectual stimulus of mathematics at its best.

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Synopsis:

An introduction to mathematics which starts with simple arithmetic and algebra and proceeds through to graphs, logarithms, trigonometry to calculus and imaginary numbers.

About the Author:

W. W. Sawyer, now retired, is internationally renowned for his innovative teaching methods.

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