Quick(er) Calculations: How to Add, Subtract, Multiply, Divide, Square, and Square Root More Swiftly

ISBN-13: 9780198852650 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 192 str.

Trevor Davis Lipscombe

Opis

How fast can you calculate? Would you like to be faster? This book presents the time honored tricks and tips of calculation, from a fresh perspective, to boost the speed at which you can add - whether a couple of numbers, or columns so long an accountant may faint. Find out how to subtract, multiply, divide, and find square roots more quickly.

Recenzje

If you think mental arithmetic is out of date in the 21st century, think again. This engaging book is about insight and interestingness beyond the simple utility of quicker calculations. The general style is original and characterful, and makes the book distinctive. Prasenjit Saha, University of Zurich

O autorze

Trevor Lipscombe graduated with an undergraduate degree in theoretical physics from Queen Mary College, University of London, and then obtained a doctorate in theoretical physics from the University of Oxford. He is the author, with Alice Calaprice, of <"Albert Einstein: A Biography,>" and sole author of <"The Physics of Rugby,>" which was selected as one of the best ten physics books of 2009. He edited the critical edition of Saint John Henry Newman's novel <"Loss and Gain.>" Trevor was a postdoctoral researcher at the Levich Institute at the City College of New York, but has also worked in a homeless shelter, a physics journal, and three university presses. He remains fond of finding ways to present science-related materials simply.