Secrets of Mental Math The Mathemagician's Guide to Lightning Calculation and Amazing Math Tricks

Name: Secrets of Mental Math The Mathemagician's Guide to Lightning Calculation and Amazing Math Tricks
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ISBN: 9780307338402

ISBN-10: 0307338401

ISBN-13: 9780307338402

Edition: 2006

Authors: Arthur Benjamin, Michael Shermer, Bill Nye

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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. 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. 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…

Book details

List price: $19.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: The Crown Publishing Group
Publication date: 8/8/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 5.35" wide x 7.95" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 0.484

Michael Shermer is the director of the Skeptics Society and the host of the Skeptics Lecture Series at the California Institute of Technology. He teaches science, technology, and evolutionary thought in the Cultural Studies Program at Occidental College.



Foreword



Foreword



Prologue



Introduction




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


Answers


Bibliography


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