The Maths Handbook by Richard Elwes

The Maths Handbook by Richard Elwes

This is the perfect introduction for those who have a lingering fear of maths. If you think that maths is difficult, confusing, dull or just plain scary, then The Maths Handbook is your ideal companion. Covering all the basics including fractions, equations, primes, squares and square roots, geometry and fractals, Dr Richard Elwes will lead you gently towards a greater understanding of this fascinating subject. Even apparently daunting concepts will be explained simply, with the assistance of useful diagrams, and with a refreshing lack of jargon. So whether you're an adult or a student, whether you're the sort of person who does Sudoku puzzles, crosswords, or has always been daunted by numbers at work, school or in everyday life, you won't find a better way of overcoming your nervousness about maths and learning to enjoy this most amazing of human discoveries.

'Elwes takes the key concepts, perfectly illustrates them with practical examples and easy-to-follow explanations, tests us with quizzes, and applies the principles to everyday situationsThe effect is strangely liberating, and you might soon find yourself acquiring a love of logarithms and a respect for reflex quadrilaterals' Good Book Guide.

Dr Richard Elwes is a writer, teacher and researcher in Mathematics and a Lecturer at the University of Leeds. He contributes to New Scientist and Plus Magazine and publishes research on model theory. He is the author of Mathematics 1001 published by Quercus.

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ISBN 13	9780857385840
ISBN 10	0857385844
Title	The Maths Handbook
Author	Richard Elwes
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Quercus Publishing
Year published	2011-11-24
Number of pages	224
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