Mathematical Marvels: A Primer on Logarithms
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Edition
1st ed.
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ISBN
8173714142
Length
x+189p., Figures; Tables; Appendices; Bibliography; Index; 24cm.
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This book, addressed to school students and lovers of mathematics, is about the mathematics of logarithms. In earlier times, students studied logarithms essentially to compute. But high speed calculators are now readily available, and to use logarithms for computation seems almost perverse! The time is soon due when logarithms as a computational tool will no longer be part of the school curriculum. When this time comes, will logarithms as a topic vanish? Not ...
