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Math for the frightened : facing scary symbols and everything else that freaks you out about mathematics / Colin Pask.

By: Publication details: Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2011.Description: 380 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9781616144210 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1616144211 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 510.1/48 22
LOC classification:
  • QA41 .P37 2011
Contents:
Where to begin? -- Fibonacci's Proposition Two -- Equations : information and interpretation -- The proof -- Thinking around the proof -- But why is it true? Seeing it another way -- Building up the mathematics -- Back to Pythagorean triples -- Logical steps and linear equations -- Paramenters, quadratic equations, and beyond -- Any number -- Symbols -- First applications -- Mathematics and the invisible world -- CAT scans -- Social planning and mathematical surprises -- Geomtry and Euclid -- An alternative approach : geometry meets algebra -- Symmetry -- Ways of thinking and how we do mathematics -- Final thoughts.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks QA41 .P37 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001207819

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Where to begin? -- Fibonacci's Proposition Two -- Equations : information and interpretation -- The proof -- Thinking around the proof -- But why is it true? Seeing it another way -- Building up the mathematics -- Back to Pythagorean triples -- Logical steps and linear equations -- Paramenters, quadratic equations, and beyond -- Any number -- Symbols -- First applications -- Mathematics and the invisible world -- CAT scans -- Social planning and mathematical surprises -- Geomtry and Euclid -- An alternative approach : geometry meets algebra -- Symmetry -- Ways of thinking and how we do mathematics -- Final thoughts.

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