Archaeologists decoding ancient messages. Epidemiologists analyzing the spread of a contagious disease. African Americans seeking full enfranchisement in a society that has worked to exclude them. A family doing puzzles at the kitchen table. These scenarios seem to have little in common. But in fact, each of these groups is faced with a ......
How numbers are bursting out of everything and just want to have fun
The Numberverse takes you on journey into the world of numbers, which are over our heads, under our feet, and all around us. The Numberverse is especially for people who don't like maths. If you're one of those people who find maths boring, hard, annoying or pointless then The Numberverse is for you to enjoy.First we'll look ......
Use with the Number Sense Screener?(NSS?), your quick, reliable way to screen early numerical competencies. Find out where children need extra support-and then use the Number Sense Interventions to target those specific skills.
This book is designed primarily for undergraduates in mathematics, engineering, and the physical sciences. Rather than concentrating on technical skills, it focuses on a deeper understanding of the subject by providing many unusual and challenging examples.
Surprising Patterns, Peculiar Puzzles, and Other Marvels of Mathematic
This sampler of entertaining mathematical diversions reveals the elegance and extraordinary usefulness of mathematics for readers who think they have no aptitude for the subject. If you like any kind of game at all, youll enjoy the amazing mathematical puzzles and patterns presented here in straightforward terms that any layperson can ......
The book is designed to cover all major aspects of applied numerical methods, including numerical computations, solution of algebraic and transcendental equations, finite differences and interpolation, curve fitting, correlation and regression, numerical differentiation and integration, matrices and linear system of equations, numerical solution ......
This book provides over 250 quick review problems with complete, step-by-step solutions for all types of mechanical engineering exams. It covers all the important mathematical concepts used in mechanical engineering, physics, and other sciences, including functions, derivatives, integration, methods of integration, applications of integrals, ......
You've just purchased a TI-84 Plus calculator to assist in performing different types of mathematical equations -- now, how can you get the most out of it? You'll find the answer to this question with our comprehensive, 6-page guide that shows in great detail what exactly the TI-84 Plus can do. Function key and mode descriptions, as well as ......
The fourth edition of Gene H. Golub and Charles F. Van Loan's classic is an essential reference for computational scientists and engineers in addition to researchers in the numerical linear algebra community. Anyone whose work requires the solution to a matrix problem and an appreciation of its mathematical properties will find this text useful ......
