Math for the frightened :
Pask, Colin, 1943-
Math for the frightened : facing scary symbols and everything else that freaks you out about mathematics / Colin Pask. - Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2011. - 380 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 365-376) 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 -- Parameters, quadratic equations, and beyond -- Any number -- Symbols -- First applications -- Mathematics and the invisible world -- CAT scans -- Social planning and mathematical surprises -- Geometry and Euclid -- An alternative approach: geometry meets algebra -- Symmetry -- Ways of thinking and how we do mathematics -- Final thoughts -- Answers for examples.
9781616144210 (pbk. : acid-free paper) 1616144211 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
2010048457
Mathematical notation.
Mathematics.
QA41 / .P37 2011
510.1/48
Math for the frightened : facing scary symbols and everything else that freaks you out about mathematics / Colin Pask. - Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2011. - 380 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 365-376) 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 -- Parameters, quadratic equations, and beyond -- Any number -- Symbols -- First applications -- Mathematics and the invisible world -- CAT scans -- Social planning and mathematical surprises -- Geometry and Euclid -- An alternative approach: geometry meets algebra -- Symmetry -- Ways of thinking and how we do mathematics -- Final thoughts -- Answers for examples.
9781616144210 (pbk. : acid-free paper) 1616144211 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
2010048457
Mathematical notation.
Mathematics.
QA41 / .P37 2011
510.1/48