Take a Number (eBook)

Mathematics for the Two Billion

Hugh Gray Lieber, Lillian R. Lieber (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
240 Seiten
Dover Publications (Verlag)
978-0-486-82233-4 (ISBN)

Infos

Illustrated guide features practical and charming methods of studying and practicing math. From addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division to algebra and geometry, this playful approach offers fun-to-solve problems and complete answers.

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Is mathematics a subject that everyone must study? You bet it is, and this playful guide shows why all of the people on this planet need to know something about math, and the more, the merrier! Mathematics is like a game and if you know the equipment and the rules, you can use it for both work and recreation. This illustrated book suggests practical and charming methods of studying and practicing math. From addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division to algebra and geometry, the brisk, lighthearted approach offers fun-to-solve problems and complete answers. Author Lillian R. Lieber was head of the Department of Mathematics at Long Island University. In the 1940s, she wrote a series of good-humored, well-respected books about mathematics, including The Education of T. C. MITS (The Celebrated Man in the Street), a special edition of which was circulated among American GIs during World War II. Whimsical drawings by her husband, Hugh Gray Lieber, illustrate Take a Number and many of her other books.

Autor

Mathematician and popular author Lillian R. Lieber (1886–1986) often collaborated with her illustrator husband, Hugh Gray Lieber (1896–1961).

Inhalt

I. Why Should YOU Study Mathematics?II. Mathematics Made EasyIII. The EquipmentIV. The Rules of the GameV. How the Game Is PlayedVI. AdditionVII. SubtractionVIII. Rapid ProgressIX. Some ApplicationsX. Multiplication and DivisionXI. Multiplication and Division with LettersXII. Where Do We Go from Here?XIII. ZeroXIV. The Finishing TouchesXV. A Few Easy StepsXVI. Some Practical ProblemsXVII. Generalizing!XVIII. Algebra and Geometry Help Each Other!XIX. Taking StockXX. Try Your SkillFormulasAnswers 

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 24.5.2017
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 140 x 140 mm
• Gewicht: 294 g
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Spielen / Raten
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik
• Schlagworte: Addition • addition and subtraction • Algebra • arithmetic • associative law • associative law, mathematics • Division • Educational • Einstein • fun learning • fun to solve • Geometry • help with math • how to do math • Illustrations • learn math • Math • Math education • Mathematics • Math Fun • math games • math guide • Math Problems • math reference • math study • math tutor • methods for math • multiplication • Numbers • practical math • Recreational Mathematics • Reference • school • science and math • Study guide • subtrction • take a number • Zero
• ISBN-10: 0-486-82233-8 / 0486822338
• ISBN-13: 978-0-486-82233-4 / 9780486822334