TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pask,Colin
TI  - Math for the frightened: facing scary symbols and everything else that freaks you out about mathematics 
SN  - 9781616144210 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
AV  - QA41 .P37 2011
U1  - 510.1/48 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Amherst, N.Y.
PB  - Prometheus Books
KW  - Mathematical notation
KW  - Sears
KW  - Mathematics
N1  - 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
ER  -