Arthur T. Benjamin
Auteur de The Secrets of Mental Math
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Œuvres de Arthur T. Benjamin
The Great Courses "The Joy of Mathematics - Part 2" 22 exemplaires
The Great Courses " The Joy of Mathematics - Part 1" 11 exemplaires
Fibonacci Numbers and the Golden Ratio 2 exemplaires
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- Date de naissance
- 1961-03-19
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- California, USA
- Études
- Carnegie Mellon University (BS ∙ Applied Mathematics ∙ 1983)
Johns Hopkins University (MS ∙ Mathematical Sciences ∙ 1985)
Johns Hopkins University (PhD ∙ Mathematical Sciences ∙ 1980) - Professions
- professor
- Organisations
- American Mathematical Society
The Fibonacci Association
Mathematical Association of America
Harvey Mudd College - Prix et distinctions
- Beckenbach Book Prize (2006)
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- Popularité
- #14,171
- Évaluation
- 4.0
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- ISBN
- 58
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- 6
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On the first-pass read through, I marked sections I wanted to invest time in learning. Then on the second-pass, I'm planning to practice those techniques. (but will probably procrastinate this)
There were moments of frustration however. So many of these tricks have exceptions. Things like:
If the first number ends in a 9 then do this, but if it's a factor then do something else—and you can remember this by remembering my dog chewed the couch Thursday.
It becomes a huge burden after awhile.
As the math scales to increasing difficulty, naturally the tricks start to get complicated. At some point you scratch your head and wonder "this is a shortcut???"
Mine this book for your preferred gems.… (plus d'informations)