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Dictionary of Mathematics, The Penguin (Dictionary, Penguin) Reprint Edition

by John Daintith (Author), R. D. Nelson (Author)
3.6 out of 5 stars 12 customer reviews
ISBN-13: 978-0140511192
ISBN-10: 0140511199
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Product Details

  • Series: Dictionary, Penguin
  • Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Puffin; Reprint edition (October 3, 1989)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0140511199
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140511192
  • Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.7 x 7.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,988,446 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Handy reference
By Ppaul on January 29, 2002
Format: Paperback
This book is useful for anyone doing maths at college. It summarizes just about everything and is good as a quick reference to refresh your memory on something. (It is also fun just to page through, and look at all the wierd things that mathematicians have come up with). Another advantage is that if you are studying a section in maths that you are finding a little confusing or hard to grasp, the entry in this dictionary will give the important points. But don't expect too much detail, which I think is the main drawback of the book.
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17 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Really, really helpful!
By A Customer on April 22, 1999
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Anybody who regularly does math on a more-or-less advanced level will delight in this book; it is exhaustive but managable (the size of a common pocket novel, really) and quite concise. Buyers should realize, of course, that books like these are not meant to learn you calculus or whatever; instead, it is more of a helpful hand when you need it. Now, what was that formula for partial integration, again...?
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Kindle version almost impossible to use
By Colin Priest on June 12, 2010
Format: Kindle Edition Verified Purchase
The content of this book seems to be good, but my problem is that the kindle version has no table of contents, no index and no search function. It is therefore impossible to quickly find the section that you want or the topic you want - you have to page through the entire book until something useful appears. This is a fatal flaw for a reference book.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Highly recommended for college mathematics students
By Christopher Cho on June 24, 2005
Format: Paperback
As a student studying mathematics, I find it very useul! Packed with 3200 terms and 200 illustrations, It's a great quick reference guide. I found things in this guide that I couldn't find in any other book or guide. Another thing about this reference guide is the lack of poor illustrations and examples. Some things this guide helped me with is PARABOLAS, ELLIPSES, HYPERBOLAS, GAMMA FUNTION, ZETA FUNCTION, FEIGENBAUM NUMBER, THE GREEK ALPHABET, and much more. I thank David Nelson and Penguin Books for such excellent work.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Best High School/Basic College Math Dictionary available
By John P. Wright on April 12, 2007
Format: Paperback
Simply put this is the best math dictionary out there for the high school level and for most college students. Maybe there are some more appropriate ones for upper level college math/science students. I have found the descriptions and links in the text very clear and appropriate for most students. I greatly prefer this one over the Oxford math dictionary.

I highly recommend it for high school math students (and make sure you keep it until you are done with college). When more detail is needed beyond this text there's always google.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Highly recommended for college mathematics students
By Christopher Cho on June 24, 2005
Format: Paperback
As a student studying mathematics, I find it very useul! Packed with 3200 terms and 200 illustrations, It's a great quick reference guide. I found things in this guide that I couldn't find in any other book or guide. Another thing about this reference guide is the lack of poor illustrations and examples. Some things this guide helped me with is PARABOLAS, ELLIPSES, HYPERBOLAS, GAMMA FUNTION, ZETA FUNCTION, FEIGENBAUM NUMBER, THE GREEK ALPHABET, and much more. I thank Penguin Books for such excellent work.
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