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Maths on the Back of an Envelope

Clever ways to (roughly) calculate anything

by Rob Eastaway ...

‘Another terrific book by Rob Eastaway’ SIMON SINGH‘A delightfully accessible guide to how to play with numbers’ HANNAH FRYHow many cats are there in the world?What's the chance of winning the lottery twice?And just how long does it take to count to a million?Learn how to tackle tricky maths problems with nothing but the back of an envelope, a pencil and some good old-fashioned brain power.Join ... Read more

$9.49 USD

‘Another terrific book by Rob Eastaway’ SIMON SINGH‘A delightfully accessible guide to how to play with numbers’ HANNAH FRYHow many cats are there in the world?What's the chance of winning the lottery twice?And just how long does it take to count to a million?Learn how to tackle tricky maths problems with nothing but the back of an envelope, a pencil and some good old-fashioned brain power.Join
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Concepts in Middle School Mathematics

by Chandramouli Mahadevan ...

This book covers concepts in Arithmetic, Elementary Algebra, Euclidean Geometry and Plane Trigonometry. The book is organized into four major sections, each dealing with the concepts in a specific topic. The student may use this as a ready reckoner aid in test preparation or with home assignments. The concepts are uncovered gradually in some sense like LEGO blocks one piece at the time. We have ... Read more

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This book covers concepts in Arithmetic, Elementary Algebra, Euclidean Geometry and Plane Trigonometry. The book is organized into four major sections, each dealing with the concepts in a specific topic. The student may use this as a ready reckoner aid in test preparation or with home assignments. The concepts are uncovered gradually in some sense like LEGO blocks one piece at the time. We have
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John Napier

Life, Logarithms, and Legacy

by Julian Havil ...

The most comprehensive account of the mathematician's life and workJohn Napier (1550–1617) is celebrated today as the man who invented logarithms—an enormous intellectual achievement that would soon lead to the development of their mechanical equivalent in the slide rule: the two would serve humanity as the principal means of calculation until the mid-1970s. Yet, despite Napier's pioneering ... Read more

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The most comprehensive account of the mathematician's life and workJohn Napier (1550–1617) is celebrated today as the man who invented logarithms—an enormous intellectual achievement that would soon lead to the development of their mechanical equivalent in the slide rule: the two would serve humanity as the principal means of calculation until the mid-1970s. Yet, despite Napier's pioneering
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Quick Arithmetic

A Self-Teaching Guide

by Robert A. Carman, Marilyn J. Carman ...

Series Book 159 - Wiley Self-Teaching Guides
Master math at your own pace!Does working with numbers often frustrate you? Do you need to brush up on your basic math skills? Do you feel math stands between you and your career goals, or a better grade at school?Quick Arithmetic, Third Edition is the quickest and easiest way to teach yourself the basic math skills you need to advance on the job or in school. Using cartoons and a clear writing ... Read more

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Master math at your own pace!Does working with numbers often frustrate you? Do you need to brush up on your basic math skills? Do you feel math stands between you and your career goals, or a better grade at school?Quick Arithmetic, Third Edition is the quickest and easiest way to teach yourself the basic math skills you need to advance on the job or in school. Using cartoons and a clear writing
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Quantum Chemistry and Computing for the Curious

Illustrated with Python and Qiskit® code

by Alex Khan, Keeper Layne Sharkey, Alain Chancé ...

Acquire knowledge of quantum chemistry concepts, the postulates of quantum mechanics, and the foundations of quantum computing, and execute illustrations made with Python code, Qiskit, and open-source quantum chemistry packagesKey FeaturesBe at the forefront of a quest for increased accuracy in chemistry applications and computingGet familiar with some open source quantum chemistry packages to run ... Read more

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Acquire knowledge of quantum chemistry concepts, the postulates of quantum mechanics, and the foundations of quantum computing, and execute illustrations made with Python code, Qiskit, and open-source quantum chemistry packagesKey FeaturesBe at the forefront of a quest for increased accuracy in chemistry applications and computingGet familiar with some open source quantum chemistry packages to run
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Transformers for Machine Learning

A Deep Dive

by Uday Kamath, Wael Emara, Kenneth Graham ...

Series series Chapman & Hall/CRC Machine Learning & Pattern Recognition
Transformers are becoming a core part of many neural network architectures, employed in a wide range of applications such as NLP, Speech Recognition, Time Series, and Computer Vision. Transformers have gone through many adaptations and alterations, resulting in newer techniques and methods. Transformers for Machine Learning: A Deep Dive is the first comprehensive book on transformers.Key Features ... Read more

$66.99 USD

Transformers are becoming a core part of many neural network architectures, employed in a wide range of applications such as NLP, Speech Recognition, Time Series, and Computer Vision. Transformers have gone through many adaptations and alterations, resulting in newer techniques and methods. Transformers for Machine Learning: A Deep Dive is the first comprehensive book on transformers.Key Features
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Arithmetic For Parents: A Book For Grown-ups About Children's Mathematics (Revised Edition)

by Ron Aharoni ...

This book is the result of a unique experience: a research mathematician teaching in an elementary school. It tells about a fascinating discovery made by the author — that elementary mathematics has a lot of depth and beauty, and that the secret to its teaching is in understanding its deep points.The first part of the book discusses the nature of mathematics and its beauty. The second part tells ... Read more

$14.29 USD

This book is the result of a unique experience: a research mathematician teaching in an elementary school. It tells about a fascinating discovery made by the author — that elementary mathematics has a lot of depth and beauty, and that the secret to its teaching is in understanding its deep points.The first part of the book discusses the nature of mathematics and its beauty. The second part tells
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Responsible Use of AI in Military Systems

Edited by Jan Maarten Schraagen ...

Series series Chapman & Hall/CRC Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Series
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is widely used in society today. The (mis)use of biased data sets in machine learning applications is well‑known, resulting in discrimination and exclusion of citizens. Another example is the use of non‑transparent algorithms that can’t explain themselves to users, resulting in the AI not being trusted and therefore not being used when it might be beneficial to use it ... Read more

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is widely used in society today. The (mis)use of biased data sets in machine learning applications is well‑known, resulting in discrimination and exclusion of citizens. Another example is the use of non‑transparent algorithms that can’t explain themselves to users, resulting in the AI not being trusted and therefore not being used when it might be beneficial to use it
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Vedic Maths for 8th (CBSE Curriculum)

Vedic Math, #1

by Gaurish Borkar ...

Series Book 1 - Vedic Math
Mathematics is a tricky subject. Those who love, enjoy it much and those who don't, feel it's boring. I lost interest in mathematics while in 7th class. Based on whatever I remember, it was mainly due to a lack of understanding of negative numbers. By nature, I am a kinaesthetic person and therefore I refuse to accept anything unless understood thoroughly. Generally, just memorization doesn't work ... Read more

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Mathematics is a tricky subject. Those who love, enjoy it much and those who don't, feel it's boring. I lost interest in mathematics while in 7th class. Based on whatever I remember, it was mainly due to a lack of understanding of negative numbers. By nature, I am a kinaesthetic person and therefore I refuse to accept anything unless understood thoroughly. Generally, just memorization doesn't work
... Read more
Speed Math

Simple Methods to Do Math Quickly in One's Head

by Gaurav Tekriwal ...

Series series Idiot's Guides
Do math more quickly and with more confidence — with less reliance on paper, apps, and calculators. For people who automatically run to the nearest calculator, Idiot's Guides: Speed Math teaches tips, tricks, and straightforward methods to doing math at a fast — and accurate — rate. Practice examples easily illustrate how even the most math-shy person can better perform calculations. ... Read more

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Do math more quickly and with more confidence — with less reliance on paper, apps, and calculators. For people who automatically run to the nearest calculator, Idiot's Guides: Speed Math teaches tips, tricks, and straightforward methods to doing math at a fast — and accurate — rate. Practice examples easily illustrate how even the most math-shy person can better perform calculations.
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AI for the Sustainable Development Goals

by Henrik Skaug Sætra ...

Series series AI for Everything
What is artificial intelligence? What are the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? How does AI affect the SDGs?Artificial Intelligence has a real impact on our lives and on our environment, and the Sustainable Development Goals enable us to evaluate these impacts in a systematic manner. This book shows that doing so requires us to understand the context of AI – the infrastructure it is built on, ... Read more

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What is artificial intelligence? What are the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? How does AI affect the SDGs?Artificial Intelligence has a real impact on our lives and on our environment, and the Sustainable Development Goals enable us to evaluate these impacts in a systematic manner. This book shows that doing so requires us to understand the context of AI – the infrastructure it is built on,
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Back to Basics

The Education You Wish You'd Had

by Caroline Taggart ...

Don't know Midas from Oedipus? Wouldn't recognize a concerto from a sonata? Many of us wish that we could fill in the gaps in our education in order to avoid those embarrassing situations when we feel as if we don't know things that others do. In Back to Basics, bestselling author Caroline Taggart will provide readers with the opportunity to learn really useful stuff that was never taught in ... Read more

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Don't know Midas from Oedipus? Wouldn't recognize a concerto from a sonata? Many of us wish that we could fill in the gaps in our education in order to avoid those embarrassing situations when we feel as if we don't know things that others do. In Back to Basics, bestselling author Caroline Taggart will provide readers with the opportunity to learn really useful stuff that was never taught in
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Math Running Records in Action

A Framework for Assessing Basic Fact Fluency in Grades K-5

by Nicki Newton ...

In this new book from popular consultant and bestselling author Dr. Nicki Newton, you’ll discover how to use Math Running Records to assess students’ basic fact fluency and increase student achievement. Like a GPS, Math Running Records pinpoint exactly where students are in their understanding of basic math facts and then outline the next steps toward comprehensive fluency. This practical book ... Read more

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In this new book from popular consultant and bestselling author Dr. Nicki Newton, you’ll discover how to use Math Running Records to assess students’ basic fact fluency and increase student achievement. Like a GPS, Math Running Records pinpoint exactly where students are in their understanding of basic math facts and then outline the next steps toward comprehensive fluency. This practical book
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Arithmetic and Algebra Again, 2/e

Leaving Math Anxiety Behind Forever

by Brita Immergut, Jean Burr-Smith ...

The bestselling guide updated and expanded for today's mathphobesWritten by two pioneers of the concept of math anxiety and how to overcome it, Arithmetic and Algebra Again has helped tens of thousands of people conquer their irrational fear of math.This revised and expanded second edition of the perennial bestseller:Features the latest techniques for breaking through common anxieties about ... Read more

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The bestselling guide updated and expanded for today's mathphobesWritten by two pioneers of the concept of math anxiety and how to overcome it, Arithmetic and Algebra Again has helped tens of thousands of people conquer their irrational fear of math.This revised and expanded second edition of the perennial bestseller:Features the latest techniques for breaking through common anxieties about
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Creative Math for Class - 3

Vedic Math, #3

by Gaurish Borkar ...

Series Book 3 - Vedic Math
Math can be interesting if played, acted or crafted. It shall be taught in such manner to kids so that they can enjoy it. Even though math is created by humans it is everywhere around us and if we feel it then it can be a part of our daily life. This book follows similar method to teach basic math. It teaches addition, subtraction, multiplication and division in a fun way through acting, drawing ... Read more

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Math can be interesting if played, acted or crafted. It shall be taught in such manner to kids so that they can enjoy it. Even though math is created by humans it is everywhere around us and if we feel it then it can be a part of our daily life. This book follows similar method to teach basic math. It teaches addition, subtraction, multiplication and division in a fun way through acting, drawing
... Read more
The Derivation of Mathematics

by Paul McNamara ...

The Derivation of Mathematics is a logical, sequential and easy-to-learn introduction to Secondary School Mathematics for students, teachers and parents. The book begins by demonstrating that elementary Arithmetic that students learn in Primary School is a model of the Physical Counting System that children are taught in modern Preschools. This modelling process is the key to giving meaning to the ... Read more

$14.99 USD

The Derivation of Mathematics is a logical, sequential and easy-to-learn introduction to Secondary School Mathematics for students, teachers and parents. The book begins by demonstrating that elementary Arithmetic that students learn in Primary School is a model of the Physical Counting System that children are taught in modern Preschools. This modelling process is the key to giving meaning to the
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Introdução às Equações e Disequações

by Simone Malacrida ...

Os pressupostos teóricos dos seguintes tópicos matemáticos são apresentados neste livro:equações e inequações do primeiro grauequações e inequações do segundo grausistemas de equações e inequaçõesequações irracionais e inequaçõesequações e inequações com a formaequações paramétricas e inequaçõesCada tópico é abordado enfatizando aplicações práticas e resolvendo alguns exercícios significativos. ... Read more

$3.99 USD

Os pressupostos teóricos dos seguintes tópicos matemáticos são apresentados neste livro:equações e inequações do primeiro grauequações e inequações do segundo grausistemas de equações e inequaçõesequações irracionais e inequaçõesequações e inequações com a formaequações paramétricas e inequaçõesCada tópico é abordado enfatizando aplicações práticas e resolvendo alguns exercícios significativos.
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Wavelet Transforms

Kith and Kin

by Firdous A. Shah, Azhar Y. Tantary ...

Series series Textbooks in Mathematics
Wavelet Transforms: Kith and Kin serves as an introduction to contemporary aspects of time-frequency analysis encompassing the theories of Fourier transforms, wavelet transforms and their respective offshoots.This book is the first of its kind totally devoted to the treatment of continuous signals and it systematically encompasses the theory of Fourier transforms, wavelet transforms, geometrical ... Read more

$120.99 USD

Wavelet Transforms: Kith and Kin serves as an introduction to contemporary aspects of time-frequency analysis encompassing the theories of Fourier transforms, wavelet transforms and their respective offshoots.This book is the first of its kind totally devoted to the treatment of continuous signals and it systematically encompasses the theory of Fourier transforms, wavelet transforms, geometrical
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Arithmétique élémentaire pour la formation des enseignants – Tome II Les nombres rationnels

by Gustavo Barallobres ...

Dans la Mésopotamie et dans l’Égypte, premières sociétés dans lesquelles on retrouve des traces d’écritures, les fractions apparaissent dans le cadre de pratiques sociales de mesure, de partage et de distribution de biens matériels.Chevallard (1989) souligne bien que : « le problème n’est pas le seul partage empirique de biens, tel que pourrait le réaliser un individu, ou une collectivité ... Read more

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Dans la Mésopotamie et dans l’Égypte, premières sociétés dans lesquelles on retrouve des traces d’écritures, les fractions apparaissent dans le cadre de pratiques sociales de mesure, de partage et de distribution de biens matériels.Chevallard (1989) souligne bien que : « le problème n’est pas le seul partage empirique de biens, tel que pourrait le réaliser un individu, ou une collectivité
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Le nombre 1 dans l'imaginaire

Les Mathématiques et le réel

by Komla AKO ...

Le nombre 1 dans l’imaginaireRéflexion sur ce que nous sommes dans un monde qui parait réel, mais dans la réalité, il est imaginaire par la pensée de ses acteurs et actrices. Komla AKO s’intéresse à la relativité de l’unité qui régit les rapports humains dans nos sociétés économiques.Du jour au lendemain, on peut se retrouver sans actifs, mais avec des dettes et dans l’incapacité de les rembourser ... Read more

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Le nombre 1 dans l’imaginaireRéflexion sur ce que nous sommes dans un monde qui parait réel, mais dans la réalité, il est imaginaire par la pensée de ses acteurs et actrices. Komla AKO s’intéresse à la relativité de l’unité qui régit les rapports humains dans nos sociétés économiques.Du jour au lendemain, on peut se retrouver sans actifs, mais avec des dettes et dans l’incapacité de les rembourser
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An Integrated Approach to Home Security and Safety Systems

by Sonali Goyal, Neera Batra, N. K. Batra ...

This book provides an integrated solution for security and safety in the home, covering both assistance in health monitoring and safety from strangers/intruders who want to enter the home with harmful intentions. It defines a system whereby recognition of a person/stranger at the door is done using three modules: Face Recognition, Voice Recognition and Similarity Index. These three modules are ... Read more

$65.99 USD

This book provides an integrated solution for security and safety in the home, covering both assistance in health monitoring and safety from strangers/intruders who want to enter the home with harmful intentions. It defines a system whereby recognition of a person/stranger at the door is done using three modules: Face Recognition, Voice Recognition and Similarity Index. These three modules are
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Practical Artificial Intelligence for Internet of Medical Things

Emerging Trends, Issues, and Challenges

Edited by Ben Othman Soufiene, Chinmay Chakraborty, Faris A. Almalki ...

Series series Advances in Smart Healthcare Technologies
This book covers the fundamentals, applications, algorithms, protocols, emerging trends, problems, and research findings in the field of AI and IoT in smart healthcare. It includes case studies, implementation and management of smart healthcare systems using AI. Chapters focus on AI applications in Internet of Healthcare Things, provide working examples on how different types of healthcare data ... Read more

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This book covers the fundamentals, applications, algorithms, protocols, emerging trends, problems, and research findings in the field of AI and IoT in smart healthcare. It includes case studies, implementation and management of smart healthcare systems using AI. Chapters focus on AI applications in Internet of Healthcare Things, provide working examples on how different types of healthcare data
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Mental Math: How to Develop a Mind for Numbers, Rapid Calculations and Creative Math Tricks (Including Special Speed Math for SAT, GMAT and GRE Students)

by Joseph White ...

Mental math is a skill people practice on a daily basis, often subconsciously, which involves doing calculations in your head. In mental math, you don't have to write down elaborate details concerning the variables involved.Children are usually encouraged to learn mental math skills early in school, because being good at mental calculations can make a person successful in many other fields. Please ... Read more

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Mental math is a skill people practice on a daily basis, often subconsciously, which involves doing calculations in your head. In mental math, you don't have to write down elaborate details concerning the variables involved.Children are usually encouraged to learn mental math skills early in school, because being good at mental calculations can make a person successful in many other fields. Please
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Some Problems of Unlikely Intersections in Arithmetic and Geometry

by Umberto Zannier, David Masser ...

Series Book 181 - Annals of Mathematics Studies
This book considers the so-called Unlikely Intersections, a topic that embraces well-known issues, such as Lang's and Manin-Mumford's, concerning torsion points in subvarieties of tori or abelian varieties. More generally, the book considers algebraic subgroups that meet a given subvariety in a set of unlikely dimension. The book is an expansion of the Hermann Weyl Lectures delivered by Umberto ... Read more

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This book considers the so-called Unlikely Intersections, a topic that embraces well-known issues, such as Lang's and Manin-Mumford's, concerning torsion points in subvarieties of tori or abelian varieties. More generally, the book considers algebraic subgroups that meet a given subvariety in a set of unlikely dimension. The book is an expansion of the Hermann Weyl Lectures delivered by Umberto
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