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First published in 1937 and reprinted several times since, Hogben's book took everybody's worst subject and explained it in a way that made it comprehensible to the average person. For this edition, the 98-year-old author updates the text and adds new illustrations. A premiere title for both academic and public libraries.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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WHEN ONE speaks of a branch of knowledge called mathematics at its most primitive level one signifies the existence of at least simple rules about calculation and measurement. Lesen Sie die erste Seite
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In "Mathematics for the Million," Hogben takes the reader through the entire evolution of mathematics. He begins with ancient farmers whose meager math skills consisted of knowing the values 1, 2, 3, and "more than three," and shows how these skills grew out of necessity as societies became more complex. Hogben's goals are twofold. First, he means to educate the average person so that math won't remain the esoteric domain of academics. Second, he means to demonstrate that mathematical advances occur when math is used to solve real problems, and not when it's used as intellectual entertainment for an idle leisure class. Hogben succeeds on both accounts, and in doing so he (very subtly) develops a theory which anticipates the structural Marxism of the '50s and '60s, including the work of Louis Althusser, Herbert Marcuse, and Jurgen Habermas. But Hogben's real magic is that he makes all this accessible to anyone: Even those with no math background at all will be doing calculus by the end of the book, even performing calculations to measure the Earth's circumference or the distance to the moon. Never has such an opaque subject been as lucid as in "Mathematics for the Million."
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This book is a must for anyone who wants to understand the basis of many mathematical concepts that are taken for granted! Many concepts that are not fully explained in school are delineated brilliantly in M. for the M.! Everything is presented in its historical and societal contexts, thus adding even more meaning to the mathematical principles we use everyday (from basic math to calculus and probability).
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Title and backcover suggest that this book gives an easy introduction into mathematics. One look into the books is enough to realize that this is not the case. Many pictures and drawings are supposed to underline the said. Though this is a good idea, the pictures are not. That one has to constanly browse through the book to find the picture referenced in the text doesn't help of course.
For one interested (and fit) in mathematics (I mean really interested like in 'mathematics is my hobby') the book might be interesting as it tries to give a historic view of mathematics.
This book is (in my oppinion) NOT a good book to learn mathematics.
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