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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Pask, Colin, 1943-     Subjects     Mathematical notation -- Psychological aspects.     Mathematics -- Miscellanea.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Pask, Colin, 1943-       by title:      Math for the frighte...         MARC Display

Math for the frightened : facing scary symbols and everything else that freaks you out about mathematics / Colin Pask. by Pask, Colin, 1943- Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2011. Subjects Mathematical notation -- Psychological aspects.   Mathematics -- Miscellanea. ISBN:  9781616144210 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1616144211 (pbk. : alk. paper) Description:  380 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. Contents:  Where to begin? -- Fibonacci's Proposition Two -- Equations : information and interpretation -- The proof -- Thinking aroun d the proof -- But why is it true? Seeing it another way -- Building up the mathematics -- Back to Pythagorean triples -- Logical steps and linear equations -- Paramenters, quadratic equations, and beyond -- Any number -- Symbols -- First applications -- Mathematics and the invisible world -- CAT scans -- Social planning and mathematical surprises -- Geomtry and Euclid -- An alternative approach : geometry meets algebra -- Symmetry -- Ways of thinking and how we do mathematics -- Final thoughts. Requests:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Copy Status   Liliha Public Library Adult Nonfiction 510.148 Pa pap Checked In Add Copy to MyList Waianae Public Library Adult Nonfiction 510.148 Pa   Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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