Prelude to mathematics
Sawyer, W. W.
Prelude to mathematics Sawyer, W. W. - New York Dover Publications 2011 - 218 p.
A noted educator's account of some of the more stimulating and surprising branches of mathematics, this volume profiles the mathematical mind and the aims of mathematics. Five introductory chapters offer conceptual groundwork, and subsequent chapters present lucid, accessible explorations of non-Euclidean geometry, matrices, determinants, group theory, and related topics. 1955 edition.
Reprint of the Penguin Books, Ltd., Harmondsworth, England, 1955 edition.
9780486244013
Mathematics
510 / S2P7
Prelude to mathematics Sawyer, W. W. - New York Dover Publications 2011 - 218 p.
A noted educator's account of some of the more stimulating and surprising branches of mathematics, this volume profiles the mathematical mind and the aims of mathematics. Five introductory chapters offer conceptual groundwork, and subsequent chapters present lucid, accessible explorations of non-Euclidean geometry, matrices, determinants, group theory, and related topics. 1955 edition.
Reprint of the Penguin Books, Ltd., Harmondsworth, England, 1955 edition.
9780486244013
Mathematics
510 / S2P7