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Applied Trigonometry

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I, like many people I suspect, did not find math particularly fun to learn when I was in school. As time went on my jobs and my hobbies required me to learn Geometry and Trigonometry. When I discovered this book I figured that this was just another book that was going to do a so-so job of instructing the reader in how to do trig. Was I wrong!!! This book is written for the person who wants to learn trig but doesn't like it when the author talks (or writes) as if you already knew the subject. This book takes you step by step through trig from the basic triangle all the way up through sine wave functions. The writing of this book is easy to understand and there are hundreds (if not thousands) of sample problems to work. When you finish a chapter in this book, you really feel like you understand the material. THIS BOOK SHOULD BE USED IN EVERY SCHOOL IN THE COUNTRY AS A TEXT BOOK FOR STUDENTS TO LEARN TRIGONOMETRY!!!

At first I tried the Trig The Easy Way book, but the magical story method of teaching was rather annoying. I'm an adult, teaching myself math and phsyics.Because of the previous review, I bought this book, and it is simply wonderful. There are eight chapters, and I've only started the third, but all the trepidation I had about being able to understand trig is gone. The author really takes his time, using clear examples and much repetition, in a way that shows he understands you are starting from scratch, but does so without talking down to you. There is room on each page in the right hand column to work in, and the answers are on the same page (thank goodness!) but just below eye view. Every three or four subchapters has a short test, and then a longer test at the end of the chapter. He also provides real-life applied problems, to make the reason you use trig come alive. What a super, super teacher! I highly recommend this book, for anyone wanting to learn trigonometry!

I participate in a "Math Lab" at my college - an independant study style of learning; and this was the book assigned to the class. With only a rudimentary understanding of Trigonometry, I was able to finish the class in only two weeks, with a 97 average!

This book is clearly written, and explained the "why" behind the operations - something other Trig books do not. I highly recommend it to people who are having trouble with Trig. I was able to move on to a more advance Trig class - one that I had previously struggled to complete - and finished it with ease.

The book if 400 pages long, partly because it takes 20 or so pages to describe what normally takes one page to describe. It is a waste of space. It could have gotten much more deep into trigonometry in the same number of pages that it used. It goes over the obvious a lot, and doesn't go over the more advanced things.