{"product_id":"creative-mathematics-hardback-9780883857502","title":"Creative Mathematics (Hardback) 9780883857502","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCreative Mathematics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDevelops the reader's mathematical creativity and independence. Assumes little formal mathematical background.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eH. S. Wall (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780883857502, The Mathematical Association of America\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 19 March 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e218 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 15.5 x 1.5 cm, 0.42 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eProfessor H. S. Wall (1902–1971) developed Creative Mathematics over a period of many years of working with students at the University of Texas, Austin. His aim was to lead students to develop their mathematical abilities, to help them learn the art of mathematics, and to teach them to create mathematical ideas. This book, according to Wall, 'is not a compendium of mathematical facts and inventions to be read over as a connoisseur of art looks over paintings. It is, instead, a sketchbook in which readers try their hands at mathematical discovery.' In less than two hundred pages, he takes the reader on a stimulating tour starting with numbers, and then moving on to simple graphs, the integral, simple surfaces, successive approximations, linear spaces of simple graphs, and concluding with mechanical systems. The book is self contained, and assumes little formal mathematical background on the part of the reader.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Numbers\u003cbr\u003e 2. Ordered number pairs\u003cbr\u003e 3. Slope\u003cbr\u003e 4. Combinations of simple graphs\u003cbr\u003e 5. Theorems about simple graphs\u003cbr\u003e 6. The simple graphs of trigonometry\u003cbr\u003e 7. The integral\u003cbr\u003e 8. Computation formulas obtained by means of the integral\u003cbr\u003e 9. Simple graphs made to order\u003cbr\u003e 10. More about integrals\u003cbr\u003e 11. Simple surfaces\u003cbr\u003e 12. Successive approximations\u003cbr\u003e 13. Linear spaces of simple graphs\u003cbr\u003e 14. More about linear spaces\u003cbr\u003e 15. Mechanical systems\u003cbr\u003e Integral Tables\u003cbr\u003e Index of simple graphs\u003cbr\u003e Glossary of definitions.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Mathematics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Mathematics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Mathematics%20%5BPB%5D%22\"\u003ePB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"The Mathematical Association of America","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52410739130648,"sku":"9780883857502","price":36.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780883857502i.jpg?v=1784250978","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/creative-mathematics-hardback-9780883857502","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}