Category Archives: mathematics

Little Mathematics Library – Pascals Triangle

Posted on January 2, 2012 by damitr

In continuing from the last post on Post’s Machine by V. A. Uspenskii (sometimes Uspensky) we come to another volume by him titled Pascals’s Triangle. The book opens with an interesting note The reader who is not familiar with Pascal’s … Continue reading →

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Little Mathematics Library – Post’s Machine

Posted on December 28, 2011 by damitr

We start our posts in the Little Mathematics Library series with a book by V. A. Uspensky titled Post’s Machine. This booklet is intended first of all for school children. The first two chapters are comprehensible even for junior schoolchildren. … Continue reading →

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Let’s Play Geometry

Posted on December 28, 2011 by damitr

[The aim of the book] is to acquaint children in exciting and stimulating way with some of principle concepts of geometry, to teach them how to find bearings in simple geometrical situations and to discern geometrical patterns in the world … Continue reading →

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Science for Everyone – Problems in Plane Geometry

Posted on December 1, 2011 by damitr

As told in the last post, we now come to the Problems in Plane Geometry by I. F. Sharygin in the Science for Everyone series. In the preface Sharygin says: This volume contains over 600 problems in plane geometry and … Continue reading →

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Science for Everyone – Problems in Solid Geometry

Posted on December 1, 2011 by damitr

We are still on the Science for Everyone series. This post is first of two books by I. F. Sharygin. The two books are problem and solution books in geometry. In this post the Problems in Solid Geometry is taken … Continue reading →

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Science for Everyone – Differential Equations in Applications

Posted on November 30, 2011 by damitr

Continuing the Science for Everyone Series we now come to Differential Equations in Applications by V. V. Amel’kin From the back cover: This book is an easy-reading introduction to ordinary differential equations and their use in the study of real … Continue reading →

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Science for Everyone – Physics and Geometry of Disorder – Percolation Theory

Posted on November 28, 2011 by damitr

We now come to another gem in the Science For Everyone series, Physics and Geometry of Disorder – Percolation Theory by A. L. Efros. From the back cover: This book is  about percolation theory and its various applications, which occur mostly … Continue reading →

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