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Little Mathematics Library – Proof In Geometry

Posted on February 1, 2012 by damitr

We now come to Proof in Geometry in by A. I. Fetisov in the Little Mathematics Library series. The Introduction of the book says: The pupils often fail to understand why truths should be proved that seem quite evident without … Continue reading →

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Little Mathematics Library – The Monte Carlo Method

Posted on February 1, 2012 by damitr

We now come to The Monte Carlo Method by I. M. Sobol in the Little Mathematics Library series. The book has a random number table as one of the appendices, which is sort of out dated, when we have access … Continue reading →

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Little Mathematics Library – The Method of Mathematical Induction

Posted on January 5, 2012 by damitr

In the Little Mathematics Library we now come to the book called The Method of Mathematical Induction by I. S. Sominsky (aka Sominskii). In the foreword it is said: The method of mathematical induction, which is the subject of this … Continue reading →

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Little Mathematics Library – Stereographic Projection

Posted on January 4, 2012 by damitr

We now come to another book in the Little Mathematics Library titled Stereographic Projection by B. A. Rosenfeld and N. D. Sergeeva. As the title suggests the book deals with projections on planes. The present booklet is devoted to proofs … Continue reading →

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Little Mathematics Library – Method of Successive Approximations

Posted on January 3, 2012 by damitr

In the Little Mathematics Library we now come to Method of Successive Approximations by N. Ya. Vilenkin. As the title suggests the book has to do with approximation methods, but what kind of approximations and for what kind of use … Continue reading →

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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 – Taking Stock

Posted on December 23, 2011 by damitr

The last post In the World of Binary Stars, completed the titles of Science for Everyone series that were accessible. When the original post was made with the listings we had listed 37 titles, out of which many are posted … Continue reading →

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Science for Everyone – In The World of Binary Stars

Posted on December 23, 2011 by damitr

In the Science for Everyone series we now go to a journey In The World of Binary Stars by V. M. Lipunov. This book discusses many things about the binary stars and the exotic things that they can lead to. … Continue reading →

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