Mathematics--A Complete Introduction: A Teach Yourself Guide

by Trevor Johnson, Hugh Neill

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Brush up your skills and rediscover the key math concepts and techniques

"Mathematics--A Complete Introduction" provides an invaluable, step-by-step introduction to the subject. Packed full of worked examples and useful exercises, it will guide you through the essentials quickly and easily, giving you the knowledge you need to gain math confidence.

Includes: One, five and ten-minute introductions to key principles to get you started Lots of instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, based on the author's many years of experience Tests to keep track of your progress Worked examples, clear explanations, and exercises New Breakthrough Method

Genres: Mathematics, Nonfiction, Science, Reference

320 pages, Paperback

First published June 25, 2010

Reviews

[MissFede · Rating 4 out of 5]

I wanted to refresh my high school knowledge on maths and this definitely helped. I found some chapters (especially at the beginning) a bit too basic for me but overall this is a good guide to slowly dive back into the subject. The structure and explanations are clear and there are a good amount of examples to help you fix the material. The exercises are not particularly difficult though so maybe I would have liked problems a bit more challenging.

[madisinterlude · Rating 3 out of 5]

although this book lacked emotion, it was still able to bring me to tears.

[William Schram · Rating 4 out of 5]

I can imagine this book being useful to someone trying to relearn math from the very basics, or if you are homeschooling someone. It has worked examples, little nuggets of trivia and other things, but the level is just too low for me personally. It starts with basic arithmetic and goes on to cover basic algebra. On the way it includes Statistics, how to read graphs, fractions, basic geometry without axioms and proofs and other such things. The end of the book contains ideas for further reading and some websites that seem to be primarily British, which is understandable, since the book was bound in the UK.

Final thoughts; good execution, but the level isn't high enough for me.