Math Refresher for Adults: The Perfect Solution (Mastering Essential Math Skills)

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The author of In Code was named Irish Young Scientist of the Year when she was just sixteen years old! This award was the result of a ground breaking secure and speedy system of encoding data on the internet. Sarah Flannery therefore is a worthy choice of author to read when it comes to the subject of cryptology with her book In Code offering an insight into the story of how she achieved this fantastic discovery. Paul Erdos was an eccentric who so obsessed with maths that he travelled all the time living out of a plastic bag until the day he died at the age of eighty three! Erdos had no interest in women, sex, art or even food and didn't know how to cook. Indeed he died a virgin who never had a permanent base. To sum up he had no interest in anything other than numbers which for us mere mortals is something we find hard to understand. Hoffman looks at this man's life from a sympathetic point of view which makes The Man Who Loved Only Numbers a superb read. The Man Who Knew Infinity The title of this book begs the question why the new golden age? The writer of Mathematics the New Golden Age states that we are witnessing at the moment a huge amount of mathematical research of significance, while this book tells us of the changes and discoveries that have occurred since 1960. Topics discussed include the solution of Fermat's Last Theorem, the biggest known prime number and dramatic advances that took place in the 1980's.

Which famous proof did Archimedes inscribe on his tombstone? How and why do knots make perfect pentagons? Have you ever seen a proof so completely that it is just obvious? In this delicious little book, top down-under mathemagician Dr. Polster presents many of the most visually intuitive and exciting proofs from the dusty annuals of mathematical history. You can test your ability to follow the You can use these books to go over things you didn't learn in school or to figure out how to use the theories that you've just memorized to get good grades, no matter what kind of problems you have. logic, leap into mathemagnosis and experience eureka-moment after eureka-moment. How to Solve It by George Polya I didn't really use the videos they said we have access to. First, because I didn't find a video to every lesson, second, if I couldn't understand the concept being taught I looked up videos on YouTube and found excellent help from there.Here is a list of books that we would recommended for young people who are interested in mathematics. They are grouped into three different categories: This can be the best reference for maths lovers as its name implies that it has all the information and covers all the topics of mathematics such as arithmetics, algebra, calculus, and much more.

Whether it is the revision of concepts that were missed in school days, or knowing the application part of the theories that you just memorized to score marks, these books offer the best support for handling all types of shortcomings. Douglas Hofstadter's book is concerned directly with the nature of maps or links between formal systems. However, according to Hofstadter, the formal system that underlies all mental activity transcends the system that supports it. If life can grow out of the formal chemical substrate of the cell, if consciousness can emerge out of a formal system of firing neurons, then so too will computers book goes on to deal with inconceivably big numbers in more dimensions than you ever knew existed. And always with something for you to make or do along the way. How to Cut a Cake: and Other Mathematical Conundrums by Ian Stewart

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The Man Who Loved Only Numbers is the biography of Hungarian mathematician Paul Erdos who was a mathematical genius. Paul Erdos is thought to be one of the most prolific pure mathematicians in history, while also being one of the most odd too. Paul Hoffman the author of the book tells us of a man obsessed with numbers who thought about nothing else for nineteen hours a day relating everything he thought about in terms of numbers. If you'd like to see some book recommendations for younger learners, take a look at the list of books compiled by our Primary team.