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A mind for numbers : how to excel at math and science (even if you flunked algebra)

text A mind for numbers : how to excel at math and science (even if you flunked algebra)

Summary

Engineering professor Barbara Oakley knows firsthand how it feels to struggle with math. In her book, she offers you the tools needed to get a better grasp of that intimidating but inescapable field.

Contents
Open the door -- Easy does it : why trying too hard can sometimes be part of the problem -- Learning is creating : lessons from Thomas Edison's frying pan -- Chunking and avoiding illusions of competence : the keys to becoming an "equation whisper... Read more
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Description
xx, 316 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Publisher
Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin 2014

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 510 OAK in Adult Non-fiction Available

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