Secrets of mental math : the Mathemagician's guide to lightning calculation and amazing math tricks / Arthur Benjamin and Michael Shermer.
Título:
Secrets of mental math : the Mathemagician's guide to lightning calculation and amazing math tricks / Arthur Benjamin and Michael Shermer.
ISBN:
9780307338402
9781435288737
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Edición:
First edition.
Información de publicación:
New York : Three Rivers Press, [2006]
Descripción física:
xxiv, 278 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Nota general:
"Originally published in different form as Mathemagics by Lowell House, Los Angeles, in 1993"--Title page verso.
Contenido:
Foreword / by Bill Nye (the Science Guy) -- Foreword by James Randi -- Prologue by Michael Shermer -- Introduction by Arthur Benjamin -- Quick tricks : easy (and impressive) calculations -- A little give and take : mental addition and subtraction -- Products of a misspent youth : basic multiplication -- New and improved products : intermediate multiplication -- Divide and conquer : mental division -- Good enough : the art of "guesstimation" -- Math for the board : pencil-and-paper math -- A memorable chapter : memorizing numbers -- The tough stuff made easy : advanced multiplication -- Presto-digit-ation : the art of mathematical magic -- Epilogue by Michael Shermer : how math helps us think about weird things.
Síntesis:
An accessible guide to mathematical calculation reveals the secrets of rapid mental calculation, memorization, and other feats of the mind, with tips on how to add, subtract, multiply, divide, and work with fractions, squares, and cube roots.
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Contributor biographical information http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0643/2005037289-b.html
DAK_OCLC_NUMBER:
ocm62742585
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