What is Mathematics?: An Elementary Approach to Ideas and Methods
- ISBN-10
- 0195105192
- ISBN-13
- 9780195105193
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 566
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1996
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Authors
- Richard Courant, Herbert Robbins
Description
A discussion of fundamental mathematical principles from algebra to elementary calculus designed to promote constructive mathematical reasoning.
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- 1996-07-18
- 592 pages
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- 1978
- 521 pages
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- 1941
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