Mathematician's delight

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Recommended with confidence" by The Times Literary Supplement, this lively survey starts with arithmetic and algebra and gradually proceeds to trigonometry and calculus. The author, who is internationally renowned for his innovative teaching methods, offers insights into the pleasures of mathematics that will appeal to readers of all backgrounds. 1943 edition.

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Full title :Mathematician's delight / W.W. Sawyer.

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Publication Date:2007.
Edition:Dover ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Dover Publications
Place of Publication:Mineola, N.Y
Language:eng
Publication Date:2007.

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Originally published: London : Penguin Books, 1943.

The Physical Object

Description:238 pages : : illustrations ; : 22 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780486462400, 0486462404
oclc:ocn105464407
LC Classification:QA37.3
Dewey Decimal:510

The approach to mathematics -- The dread of mathematics -- Geometry-the science of furniture and walls -- The nature of reasoning -- The strategy and tactics of study -- On certain parts of mathematics -- Arithmetic -- How to forget the multiplication table -- Algebra-the shorthand of mathematics -- Ways of growing -- Graphs, or thinking in pictures -- Differential calculus- the study of speed -- From speed to curves -- Other problems of calculus -- Trigonometry, or how to make tunnels and maps -- On backgrounds -- The sqaure root of minus one.