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Integrated Mathematics for Explorers: Intermediate
This book is for mathematics lovers, but if you are not one, we hope you soon will be.
Although it mainly targets enthusiasts in high-school and liberal arts colleges, the book is structured to make learning interesting for students with different interests and backgrounds.
Practice questions are of various levels of complexity and include many explorations of real-life situations: They develop understanding, build confidence and examine multiple concepts.
Challenges have been included for the adventurous, while Investigations are suggested for self-study. The Escapades chapter contains stimulating puzzles to encourage experimentation, a list of unsolved mathematical problems, and a collection of wonderful theorems.
The book includes simple tips to help the reader relax and re-energise.
About the Authors: Adeline Ng and Dr. Rajesh Parwani are educators based in Singapore.
Although it mainly targets enthusiasts in high-school and liberal arts colleges, the book is structured to make learning interesting for students with different interests and backgrounds.
Practice questions are of various levels of complexity and include many explorations of real-life situations: They develop understanding, build confidence and examine multiple concepts.
Challenges have been included for the adventurous, while Investigations are suggested for self-study. The Escapades chapter contains stimulating puzzles to encourage experimentation, a list of unsolved mathematical problems, and a collection of wonderful theorems.
The book includes simple tips to help the reader relax and re-energise.
About the Authors: Adeline Ng and Dr. Rajesh Parwani are educators based in Singapore.
216 pages, Paperback
First published October 31, 2013
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June 26, 2014
This book is not for preparing another exam. It is for fun. Fun in mathematics. Yes, math can be fun, if you love it. If you don’t, this book may convert you.
I wish that I had this book when I was in high school. It would be a lot of fun. If I had worked on those problems related to physics, seeing them again in a higher level study would be like “Oh yeah! I saw it in high school. It’s easy!” There are many other problems related to other part of the real world. That’s why I recommend this book to every high school student who wishes to explore further.
Even this book is twenty plus years late, I am still enjoying it very much. One part I particularly like is the Inquire and Investigate section in each chapter. These parts of the book are designed for the 21st century, the age with Google and Wikipedia. Each inquiry or investigating topic opens a gate, linked by the internet, leading to fascinating stories or intriguing math properties.
My favorite chapter is the last one, the Escapades Chapter. I can’t believe that so many seemingly simple questions are still open, unsolved. Of course, like all math lovers, I’ve also daydreamed to solve one and win a big prize.
Other than the current students, I can imagine that this book would be also useful to high school math teachers. It may give you a few extra mathematical tricks up your sleeves.
I wish that I had this book when I was in high school. It would be a lot of fun. If I had worked on those problems related to physics, seeing them again in a higher level study would be like “Oh yeah! I saw it in high school. It’s easy!” There are many other problems related to other part of the real world. That’s why I recommend this book to every high school student who wishes to explore further.
Even this book is twenty plus years late, I am still enjoying it very much. One part I particularly like is the Inquire and Investigate section in each chapter. These parts of the book are designed for the 21st century, the age with Google and Wikipedia. Each inquiry or investigating topic opens a gate, linked by the internet, leading to fascinating stories or intriguing math properties.
My favorite chapter is the last one, the Escapades Chapter. I can’t believe that so many seemingly simple questions are still open, unsolved. Of course, like all math lovers, I’ve also daydreamed to solve one and win a big prize.
Other than the current students, I can imagine that this book would be also useful to high school math teachers. It may give you a few extra mathematical tricks up your sleeves.
May 14, 2014
Well, I am one of the authors, so I am partial to this book.
I have tried to put in everything I had enjoyed about mathematics when I was in high-school, and I hope that I have managed to illustrate some flavour of mathematics as a living subject, rather than a collection of dry facts to be memorised and used in tests.
The website for the book has a 46 page extract of the book for sample viewing.
Here is a video summary.
This is the Singapore edition, which has the same content as the International edition, but with a different cover and binding, and hence different pricing and ISBN.
This Singapore edition is available through
The Simplicity Store
Rajesh Parwani
I have tried to put in everything I had enjoyed about mathematics when I was in high-school, and I hope that I have managed to illustrate some flavour of mathematics as a living subject, rather than a collection of dry facts to be memorised and used in tests.
The website for the book has a 46 page extract of the book for sample viewing.
Here is a video summary.
This is the Singapore edition, which has the same content as the International edition, but with a different cover and binding, and hence different pricing and ISBN.
This Singapore edition is available through
The Simplicity Store
Rajesh Parwani
November 22, 2014
i was lucky enough to win this book from the author and goodreads.
i think that this is a great tool for helping with mathematics. it is very comprehensive but clear and relatively easy to understand. i think that it will be a great asset to anyone who is enthuased about maths or wanting to get enthuased.
thank you for the opportunity to review this
i think that this is a great tool for helping with mathematics. it is very comprehensive but clear and relatively easy to understand. i think that it will be a great asset to anyone who is enthuased about maths or wanting to get enthuased.
thank you for the opportunity to review this
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