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dc.contributor.otherWolfthal , Maurice
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-26 12:07:18
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-01T10:16:10Z
dc.date.available2020-04-01T10:16:10Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier1005116
dc.identifierOCN: 1117487771en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/24986
dc.description.abstract"It is increasingly clear that the shapes of reality – whether of the natural world, or of the built environment – are in some profound sense mathematical. Therefore it would benefit students and educated adults to understand what makes mathematics itself ‘tick’, and to appreciate why its shapes, patterns and formulae provide us with precisely the language we need to make sense of the world around us. The second part of this challenge may require some specialist experience, but the authors of this book concentrate on the first part, and explore the extent to which elementary mathematics allows us all to understand something of the nature of mathematics from the inside. The Essence of Mathematics consists of a sequence of 270 problems – with commentary and full solutions. The reader is assumed to have a reasonable grasp of school mathematics. More importantly, s/he should want to understand something of mathematics beyond the classroom, and be willing to engage with (and to reflect upon) challenging problems that highlight the essence of the discipline. The book consists of six chapters of increasing sophistication (Mental Skills; Arithmetic; Word Problems; Algebra; Geometry; Infinity), with interleaved commentary. The content will appeal to students considering further study of mathematics at university, teachers of mathematics at age 14-18, and anyone who wants to see what this kind of elementary content has to tell us about how mathematics really works."
dc.languageEnglish
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeologyen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3M c 1500 onwards to present day::3MP 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999en_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTZ Genocide and ethnic cleansingen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSR Social groups: religious groups and communitiesen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::5 Interest qualifiers::5P Relating to specific groups and cultures or social and cultural interests::5PG Relating to religious groups::5PGJ Relating to Jewish people and groupsen_US
dc.subject.otherJewish people
dc.subject.otherpogroms
dc.subject.otherUkraine
dc.subject.otherJewish communities
dc.subject.otherVolunteer Army
dc.subject.otherRussian White Army
dc.subject.otherNokhem Schtif
dc.subject.otherYiddish linguist
dc.subject.otherYiddish
dc.titleThe Pogroms in Ukraine, 1918-19
dc.title.alternativePrelude to the Holocaust
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.11647/OBP.0176
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy23117811-c361-47b4-8b76-2c9b160c9a8b
oapen.relation.isbn9781783747443
oapen.collectionScholarLed
oapen.pages120
oapen.identifier.ocn1117487771


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