Math: A Crash Course

✍ Scribed by Brian Clegg, Dr. Peet Morris

• Publisher: Ivy Press
• Year: 2019
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 163
• Series: Crash Course
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

It's a sad truth that maths has the reputation of being "difficult." Part of the problem is that many of us simply don't speak the language. To a mathematician, an equation is a compact, efficient way to put across a relationship that would be far less comprehensible in words. But to many of us, the merest sign of an x, y, or symbol is an impenetrable mess that our eyes bounce off. This book provides an engaging overview of what maths is and what it can do, without having to solve simultaneous equations or prove geometric theorems, far more of us might get the point of it. It is divided into four chapters, each covering a major developmental route in the topic, from Arithmetic & Numbers to Geometry and from Algebra & Calculus to Applied Mathematics.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Half Title
Title
Copyright
Contents
INTRODUCTION
1 ARITHMETIC & NUMBERS
2 GEOMETRY
3 ALGEBRA & CALCULUS
4 APPLIED MATHEMATICS
GLOSSARY
FURTHER READING
INDEX
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
Y
Z
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS