Mathematics: A complete introduction: Teach Yourself

by Trevor Johnson

Are you looking for a clear, accessible guide to mathematics that can help you brush up your skills and rediscover the key concepts and techniques? Complete Mathematics 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 maths confidence.

NOT GOT MUCH TIME?
One, five and ten-minute introductions to key principles to get you started.

AUTHOR INSIGHTS
Lots of instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, based on the author's many years of experience.

TEST YOURSELF
Tests in the book and online to keep track of your progress.

FIVE THINGS TO REMEMBER
Quick refreshers to help you remember the key facts.

TRY THIS
Innovative exercises illustrate what you've learnt and how to use it.

Genres: Mathematics, Nonfiction, Science, Reference

401 pages, Kindle Edition

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.