Secrets of mental math : the mathemagician's guide to lightning calculation and amazing math tricks
(2006)
By:
Benjamin, Arthur
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
510/BENJAMIN,A
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Three Rivers Press, [2006]
©2006
©2006
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION
xxiv, 278 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
ISBN/ISSN
0307338401 (alk. paper), 9780307338402 (alk. paper)
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
"Originally published in different form as Mathemagics by Lowell House, Los Angeles, in 1993"--T.p. verso
Quick tricks : easy (and impressive) calculations -- A little give and take : mental addition and subtraction -- Products of a misspent youth : basic multiplication -- New and improved products : intermediate multiplication -- Divide and conquer : mental division -- Good enough : the art of "guesstimation" -- Math for the board : pencil-and-paper math -- A memorable chapter : memorizing numbers -- The tough stuff made easy : advanced multiplication -- Presto-digit-ation : the art of mathematical magic -- Epilogue by Michael Shermer : how math helps us think about weird things