Math for the frightened : (Record no. 3239)

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010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number 2010048457
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 1616144211 : PAP
Terms of availability $19.00
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781616144210
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System control number (Sirsi) li1616144211
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System control number (OCoLC)679931673
037 ## - SOURCE OF ACQUISITION
Source of stock number/acquisition Prometheus Books, Attn: Richard Snydar 59 John Glenn Dr, Amherst, NY, USA, 14228 SAN 202-0289
050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number QA41
Item number .P37 2011
082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 510.1/48
Edition information 22
092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC)
Classification number 510.148
Item number P282m
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Pask, Colin,
Dates associated with a name 1943-
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Math for the frightened :
Remainder of title facing scary symbols and everything else that freaks you out about mathematics /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Colin Pask.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Amherst, N.Y. :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Prometheus Books,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2011.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 380 p. :
Other physical details ill. ;
Dimensions 26 cm.
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references and index.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note 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.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Mathematical notation
General subdivision Psychological aspects.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Mathematics
Form subdivision Miscellanea.
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    Dewey Decimal Classification     Odessa College Odessa College Stacks 05/22/2012 19.00   510.148 P282M 51994001667833 1 Books