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List Price: £18.99
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Author:
Nicola Brace, Richard Kemp, Rosemary Snelgar
By Palgrave Macmillan
 SPSS simplified!, 2006-09-22
Don't be put off by the title of this book if you are a non-psychologist. And don't be put off if you are a psychologist. If you need to learn SPSS from scratch quickly then this is the best book around. It teaches by example and the step-by-step explanations are remarkably easy to understand. I first learnt SPSS using the first edition of this book. Since then I have read several others. Now in its 3rd edition this one is still the best.
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Author:
George Polya
By Penguin Books Ltd
The classic on HOW to approach maths problems, 2001-06-13
If ever I get stuck trying to approach a novel problem, I dip into Polya. His heuristic method has much wider applicability than just mathematics. Buy this book for any young person who shows an interest in mathematics. I feel it will contribute to their mathematical development
List Price: £6.99
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Author:
Rob Eastaway, John Haigh
By Robson Books Ltd
Top of the division, 2007-12-03
Accessible, interesting and full of historical as well as mathematical curiosities. Was alerted to this book by a good review in The Times. Be warned, this book came out under a different title ('How to Take a Penalty') when it was a hardback so don't buy both books thinking they are different.
List Price: £38.95
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Author:
TH Cormen
By MIT Press
Aimed at any serious programmer or computer science student, the new second edition of Introduction to Algorithms builds on the tradition of the original with a truly magisterial guide to the world of algorithms. Clearly presented, mathematically rigorous, and yet approachable even for the maths-averse, this title sets a high standard for a textbook and reference to the best algorithms for solving a wide range of computing problems. With sample problems and mathematical proofs demonstrating the correctness of each algorithm, this book is ideal as a textbook for classroom study, but its reach doesn't end there. The authors do a fine job at explaining each algorithm. (Reference sections on basic mathematical notation will help readers bridge the gap, but it will help to have some maths background to appreciate the full achievement of this handsome hardcover volume.) Every algorithm is presented in pseudo-code, which can be implemented in any computer language, including C/C++ and Java. This ecumenical approach is one of the book's strengths. When it comes to sorting and common data structures, from basic linked list to trees (including binary trees, red-black and B-trees), ...
Sound introduction to foundational algorithms, 2007-05-13
The algorithms, including the mathematical background and justification, are set out clearly. The comprehensive index makes this a useful reference. Online resources to support the book include a corrections page and an explanation of the "Professor's names" jokes scattered through the text. There is an instructor's manual but, given the widespread use of the book in formal training courses, it is not available to independent users of the book, whether students or practitioners.
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Author:
Anthony Croft, Robert Davison
By Prentice Hall
Absolutely brilliant A **, 2006-04-17
The first time I've bothered to leave my thoughts on a book. But this one is well worth a recommendation. A must if you wanna recap or bridge knowledge from GCSE level onwards
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Author:
Wilfrid Hodges
By Penguin Books Ltd
An excellent introduction, 2002-12-19
Wilfrid Hodges' book is a comprehensive introduction to its subject, it's attractive presentation making the complexities and abstract qualities of his themes far more accessible. The book conveys something of the history of the subject through references to key names (e.g. Carnap and Russell) and suggests the relevance of logical thought to everyday activities. An excellent introduction to the Philosophy of Logic which invites the reader though clear explanations, rather than leaving them at a distance through what might otherwise be the daunting, mathematical-style appearance of numbers and symbols.
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Author:
Sonia Jones, Howard Tanner
By Routledge
Excellent, full of good advice and guidance, 2002-02-22
Well written with chapters full of helpful tips and ideas on the practicalities of teaching. Some of the advice stands good for all teaching, not just maths. The chapters on assessment are very good, practically all you need to read on the subject.
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Author:
K.A. Stroud, Dexter J. Booth
By Palgrave Macmillan
can be a great resource at times, despite it weakness in areas, 2007-08-24
Hi,
To be honest both the 'Engineering Mathematics' and this volume 'Advanced Engineering Mathematics' can be useful for revision of principles due to it stripped-bare style. Often the lack of explicit theory that is needed with pure can be helpful as the bare bones are exposed for examination.
For example in 'A.E.M', the section on 'Power Series', 'Vector Analysis (1-2-3)' and 'Complex Analysis (1-2-3)', the latter in regards to 'Greens Theorem' & 'Cauchy Theorem' sections with their concise, bare-bones definitions is a model of clarity.
I say this and accept the real need for more supporting theory which is missing in these volumes. So large areas cannot be logically fully justified, and notice vast area of Math syllabus is missing. Say 'Mechanics' as a topic in its own right self must have a bearing in Engineering topics? So the user of this work relies maybe too much on `doing' rather than in-depth knowledge? But I can find that in other works, so if you accept this, it's still helpful to have a browse through both of these volumes, even if it's just to refresh you memory. Also it still great value for money.
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Author:
M. Du Sautoy
By Fourth Estate
a good book on maths, 2008-06-25
The book symmetry and finding moonshine in one reviewers entry they said they are the same book word for word that is true because one is the American release and the other the uk release, it is the same book. It is not a surprise that the publisher in the states would not use the title finding moonshine. Prof Du sautoy does a wonderful job in communicating maths and makes me wish i knew more about maths. Well written and i would encourage those who are thinking of buying to just go out and buy it.
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