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9780511702440 (ebook)

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b504312

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General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

Herbert McKay.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Cambridge :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Cambridge University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2009.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (215 pages) :

Other Physical Details

digital, PDF file(s)

Series Title

Cambridge library collection. Mathematics.

Text of Note

Originally published in Cambridge at the University Press in 1940.

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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)

Text of Note

Mathematics has a reputation of being dull and difficult. Here is an antidote. This lively exploration of arithmetic considers its basic processes and manipulations, demonstrating their value and power and justifying an enduring interest in the subject. With humour and insight, the author shows how basic mathematics relates to everyday life - as true now as when this book was originally published in 1940. The introductory treatment of millions, billions and even trillions could be profitably read by aspiring bankers, economists or politicians. H. G. Wells is gently teased for his mistake in applying the law of proportionality in a novel. McKay politely adjusts the astronomical scales selected by the eminent cosmologist Sir James Jeans. He confidently navigates the hazards of averages, approximations and units. For anyone interested in what numbers mean and how they can be used most effectively, this book will still educate and delight.

Arithmetic.

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Book number

McKay, Herbert,1881-

Date of Transaction

20160804163700.0

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