Secrets of Mental Math: The Mathemagician's Guide to Lightning Calculation and Amazing Math Tricks
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| Rating | : | 4.42 (627 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0307338401 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-09-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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You’ll be able to quickly multiply and divide triple digits, compute with fractions, and determine squares, cubes, and roots without blinking an eye. This book will teach you to do math in your head faster than you ever thought possible, dramatically improve your memory for numbers, and—maybe for the first time—make mathematics fun.Yes, even you can learn to do seemingly complex equations in your head; all you need to learn are a few tricks. No matter what your age or current math ability, Secrets of Mental Math will allow you to perform fantastic feats of the mind effortlessly. Get ready to amaze your friends—and yourself—with incredible calculations you never thought you could master, as renowned “mathemagician” Arthur Benjamin shares his techniques for lightning-quick calculations and amazing number tricks. These simple math secrets and tricks will forever change how you look at the world of numbers.Secrets of Mental Math will have you thinking like a math genius in no time. This is the math they never taught you in school.
"Good book, but watch out for the typos" according to Fritillary Lil. I bought this book in its Kindle version for my PC. I am enjoying it, and happy to see progress in my ability to perform mental calculations. Math was never my strong suit, so this is just what I need.My only negative comment is that the publisher needs to more carefully edit the text. I came upon three typos within the first couple of chapters, and these were errors in operations signs (for example, "+" instead of "x").. Aaron Ziegler said Should be given to all elementary school students.. I'm about half way through the book and can say I've definitely picked up some useful tricks. Be warned, this isn't a passive read where everything will suddenly click and you will be a math whiz. I recommend taking the chapters slowly and making your own exercises to really drive the concepts home. The first few chapters are cumulative, but eventually you are able to jump around and learn what tricks sound most appealing to you. My personal favorite is the ability to memorize strings of numbers. Has a ton of practical use in everyday life. I love being good at. "Useful in everyday life" according to P. Robert John. This is not the first book of its type but it is, in my opinion, one of the best. The ideas and techniques are presented in an easy to understand manner with heaps of opportunities for practice. The best thing is that they will help anybody.If you are studying college level maths it will certainly help you impress your friends (though it deals with raw calculation rather than complex theories), but that's not really who the book is aimed at. These are skills you can use, and that will help you every time you go shopping for groceries, when you're trying to figu
Better, you will have fun and have valuable practical tools inside your head.” —Dr. “A great introduction to the wonder of numbers, from two superb teachers.” —Brian Greene, author of The Elegant Universe “A magical mystery tour of mental mathematics! Fascinating and fun.” —Joseph Gallian, president of the Mathematical Association of America “The clearest, simplest, most entertaining, and best book yet on the art of calculating in your head.” —Martin Gardner, author of Mathematical Magic Show and Mathematical Carnival“This book can teach you menta
. Arthur Benjamin is a professor of mathematics at Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, California. He lives in Altadena, California. He is also a professional magician and performs his mixture of math and magic all over the world.Michael Shermer is host of the Caltech public lecture series, a contributing editor to and monthly columnist of Scientific American, the publisher of Skeptic magazine, and the author of several sci