TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pask,Colin
TI  - Math for the frightened: facing scary symbols and everything else that freaks you out about mathematics 
SN  - 9781616144210 (pbk. : alk. paper)
AV  - QA41 .P37 2011
U1  - 510.1/48 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Amherst, N.Y.
PB  - Prometheus Books
KW  - Mathematical notation
KW  - Psychological aspects
KW  - Mathematics
KW  - Miscellanea
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Where to begin? -- Fibonacci's Proposition Two -- Equations : information and interpretation -- The proof -- Thinking around the proof -- But why is it true? Seeing it another way -- Building up the mathematics -- Back to Pythagorean triples -- Logical steps and linear equations -- Paramenters, quadratic equations, and beyond -- Any number -- Symbols -- First applications -- Mathematics and the invisible world -- CAT scans -- Social planning and mathematical surprises -- Geomtry and Euclid -- An alternative approach : geometry meets algebra -- Symmetry -- Ways of thinking and how we do mathematics -- Final thoughts
ER  -