Description
A one-volume encyclopedia designed for high school through early college students. With more than 1,000 entries, more than 125 photographs and illustrations, it unites disparate ideas and provides the meaning, history, context, and relevance behind each one..
Great Book
Most unusual Encyclopedia. Written by someone who obviously enjoys his work. Lots of interesting math tidbitshistory that I had not seen elsewhere and the Encyclopedia seems thorough.
Satisfied
I am really impressed with this encyclopedia. I am learning about famous mathematicians I’ve never heard of before. It is brilliant that the encyclopedia covers maths of all different levels right from elementary GCSE level to degree level. I will point out a misprint in this encyclopedia. On page 56 the the algebraic expression (x + 1)(x + 2) / x(x + 1) simplifies to (x + 2) / x or 1 + (2 / x) and not as it says: (x + 2) / (x + 1). Perhaps the publisher might like to make the necessary correction in the database stored on computer so that future copies of this publication show the correct simplification on page 56. I have also noticed a misprint on page 70. In an example of the chain rule for differentiation the derivative of the function: (x^2 + 2)^100 is 200x.(x^2 + 2)^99 and not as it states: 200x.(x^2 + 1)^99. This is probably a typing error since the digit 1 appears instead of 2. Again, this error could be corrected in the database so that the answer to the derivative is correct in later editions of the encyclopedia.
Excellent resource for helping explain mathematical concepts to young students.