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040 _cDLC
082 0 0 _a510
_bS6891
100 1 _aSolomon, Charles,
245 1 0 _aMathematics :
_cIllustrated by Kenneth Ody
_b/ Charles Solomon
260 _aNew York :
_bGrosset & Dunlap,
_c1982
300 _a159 p.
_bcol. illus.
_c22 cm.
490 0 _aThe Grosset all-color guide series
500 _aincludes appendix, glossary and index
650 0 _aMathematics
_xPopular works.
650 1 _aMathematics.
700 1 _aOdy, Kenneth,
942 _cBK
505 0 _a1. Mathematics in everyday life 2. Kinds of numbers 3. Numerical systems 4. Quadratic equations 5. Indices and logarithms 6. The art of measuring 7. All about nothing 8. How much is infinity? 9. Sets and series 10. Mathematics in pictures 11. Probabilities 12. How things grow 13. What machines can and cannot do 14. How statistics can tool you 15. Some short cuts 16. A diversity of diversions
520 _aPresents the fundamentals of the various numbering and counting systems and progresses into algebraic equations, geometry, and trigonometry.