Category Archives: mathematics

Yakov Perelman – Algebra Can Be Fun

Posted on May 23, 2012 by damitr

We now come to Algebra can be fun by Yakov Perelman. This book has been translated into many Indian Languages. As with other Perelman books this book also has many editions. From the Preface This is not an easy-reading text … Continue reading →

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Yakov Perelman – Astronomy for Entertainment

Posted on May 23, 2012 by damitr

Continuing with Yakov Perelman, we now come to Astronomy for Entertainment. This is a book that I have read as a digital copy only. I do not know if there are any translations in Indian languages, but I know of … Continue reading →

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Yakov Perelman – Fun with Maths and Physics

Posted on May 23, 2012 by damitr

We have talked about Yakov Perelman in detail in an earlier post. We now see one of the wonderful works of him titled Fun with Maths and Physics.   This particular edition was compiled by I. I. Prusakov and was … Continue reading →

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Little Mathematics Library – Images of Geometric Solids

Posted on April 18, 2012 by damitr

We now come to another title in the Little Mathematics Library, this one is titled Images of Geometric Solids by N. M. Beskin Drawing a plane figure is not geometrically difficult because the image drawn is either an exact copy of … Continue reading →

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Little Mathematics Library – Differentiation Explained

Posted on April 18, 2012 by damitr

We begin with the Little Mathematics Library series once again, after a long break.  We first see the book titled Differentiation Explained by V. G. Boltyansky (Boltyanskii). The author in the Preface says: High school students, especially those interested in … Continue reading →

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Higher Maths for Beginners – Zeldovich, Yaglom

Posted on April 17, 2012 by damitr

The book in this post is one of the best introductory books for Higher Mathematics and it has been written by two exceptionally talented people, namely, Yakov B. Zeldovich and Issak M. Yaglom. Just visit the wikipedia pages to see … Continue reading →

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Did You Say Mathematics?

Posted on April 16, 2012 by damitr

We have seen one book by Yakov Khurgin previously in the Science for Everyone series named Yes, No  Or Maybe . Now we come to another book by him with the title Did You Say Mathematics? The back cover of … Continue reading →

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Updates…

Posted on March 13, 2012 by damitr

Have upped Tarasov’s Calculus. The link in the original post has also been updated. Also Landau and Rumer’s What is The Theory of Relativity has been re-upped.  

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Mathematical Models of Electric Machines – I. P. Kopylov

Posted on March 7, 2012 by damitr

The book covers topics devoted to the application the electronic computers to the solutions of problems in electro-mechanics. It is expected that the reader is already familiar with computer programming, and algorithmic languages. The author’s objective is to teach the … Continue reading →

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Integeral and Differential Calculus – N. Piskunov

Posted on March 6, 2012 by damitr

Piskunov’s book is considered to be a classic. This text is designed as a course of mathematics for higher technical schools. It contains many worked examples that illustrate the theoretical material and serve as models for solving problems. The first … Continue reading →

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