Dead Reckoning: Calculating without Instruments

Doerfler, Ronald W.

ISBN 10: 0884150879 / ISBN 13: 9780884150879

Published by Gulf Publishing Co, 1993

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Dead Reckoning: Calculating without Instruments
• Publisher: Gulf Publishing Co
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0884150879
• ISBN 13: 9780884150879
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 310 grams

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Synopsis

No author has gone as far as Doerfler in covering methods of mental calculation beyond simple arithmetic. Even if you have no interest in competing with computers you'll learn a great deal about number theory and the art of efficient computer programming. -Martin Gardner

Review

Fascinating...no author has gone as far as Doerfler in covering methods of mental calculation beyond simple arithmetic. Even if you have no interest in competing with computers you'll learn a great deal about number theory and the art of efficient computer programming.--Martin Gardner, author of Mathematical Carnival