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

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The Millennium Problems are totally baffling to those of us who are lay people in this area but the author does try to open up the mysteries in an understandable way to us.

Each chapter introduces the basic puzzle, discusses the mathematics behind it, and includes exercises and answers plus additional puzzles similar to the one under discussion. Mathematics for the Imagination provides an accessible and entertaining investigation into mathematical problems in the world around us. It is full of intricate and divinely beautiful illustrations, using patterns such as loops, waves and spirals. And what's the connection between a rugby player taking a conversion and a tourist trying to get the best photograph of Nelson's Column?Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy sets out in a readable easy to understand way the main ideas of Principia Mathematica or as we understand, Mathematical Principles. Ramaujan travelled to England at the invitation of Hardy and an unusual pairing of mathematical minds was born. This is merely a guideline and you are welcome to make your own judgements on whether or not a book is suitable.

Riley has just published At Sixes And Sevens, a maths book for adults, featuring tips and tricks on how to navigate your way through the minefield of equations, formulas, fractions, algebra and BODMAS – if you don't know what the acronym stands for, Riley will help – among other conundrums.It is easy to see that Littlewood lived for his subject and enjoyed every minute of it, while his concise plain way of speaking relays the principles of maths in a readable way that is enjoyable even for the most basic of maths students. This book introduces and develops some of the important and beautiful elementary mathematics needed for rational analysis of various gambling and game activities.

Houston has been a Maths lecturer for fifteen years therefore has inside knowledge if you like as to what students need to know plus areas of difficulty they may encounter in their first year of study.Containing a large and varied set of problems, this rich resource will allow students to stretch their mathematical abilities beyond the school syllabus, and bridge the gap to university-level mathematics. Subjects include such topics as the psychology of lottery players, the fair division of a cake, why two soap bubbles blown one after the other are different in size plus many more riddles and puzzles. However, there is an astonishing range in difficulty; while some of the problems are fairly straightforward, others are significantly tougher, with a great deal of ingenuity and clarity of thought needed to make progress.