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Kutepov, Rubanov – Problems in Geometry

Posted on May 24, 2012 by damitr

We now come to a problem book in Geometry by A. Kupteov and A. Rubanov titled Problems in Geometry. Earlier we had seen two problem books in Plane Geometry and Solid Geometry in the Science for Everyone Series. From the … 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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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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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 – 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 – 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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