Mathematics;: A chronicle of human endeavor

By Herbert I. Gross

No Synopsis Available.

• Format: Loose Leaf
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0030854067
• ISBN13: 9780030854064
• Release Date: January 1971
• Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston
• Length: 367 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.

Customer Reviews

If you only have one math book . . .

My favorite math book for learning the basics. I used this to get through undergraduate math (algebra & trig) IMO many people do poorly in math because the teacher can not tell them *why* a certain operation is done. This is the book for them. Chapter1: Development of our number system concept of number vs numeral place value number bases rarional & irrational numbers, signed numbers, complex numbers chapter2: introduction to theory of sets I introduction, a set is a bunch of dogs, two special sets, two major methods for describing sets II The Arethmetic of sets III Cartesian products Chapter3 The "game" of mathematics: an introduction to abstract systems with a special emphasis on boolean algebra Chapter4 an introduction to functions and graphs Not the only math book I have, but the very best for getting a real understanding of the basics. Things so basic that teachers of math don't understand why students don't understand. A must have for anyone who is always asking *why*?