Dispelling some of the subject's alarming aspects, this book provides, in a witty and engaging style, the fundamentals of mathematical operations. Topics include system of tens and other number systems, symbols and commands, first steps in algebra and algebraic notation, common fractions and equation... read more
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Dispelling some of the subject's alarming aspects, this book provides, in a witty and engaging style, the fundamentals of mathematical operations. Topics include system of tens and other number systems, symbols and commands, first steps in algebra and algebraic notation, common fractions and equations, irrational numbers, much more. 1958 edition.
Unabridged republication of the edition published by Emerson Books, New York, 1958.
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