CRC Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics CD-ROM

Weisstein, Eric W.

ISBN 10: 0849319455 ISBN 13: 9780849319457

Publisher: CRC Press, 1999

Synopsis

The definitions, the derivations, the references - all at your fingertips! The Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics on CD-ROM is an outstanding compendium of mathematical definitions, formulas, figures, tabulations, and references. Its informal style makes it accessible to a broad spectrum of readers with a wide range of mathematical backgrounds and interests. It stands as a distinctive, highly readable, work - thorough, but stripped of the specialized jargon and dry exposition found in most references.

About this title

From the Back Cover

The CRC Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics is a compendium of mathematical definitions, formulas, figures, tabulations, and references. Its informal style makes it accessible to a broad spectrum of readers with a diverse range of mathematical backgrounds and interests. This fascinating, useful book draws connections to other areas of mathematics and science as well as demonstrates its actual implementation - providing a highly readable, distinctive text diverging from the all-too-frequent specialized jargon and dry formal exposition.

Through its thousands of explicit examples, formulas, and derivations, The CRC Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics gives the reader a flavor of the subject without getting lost in minutiae - stimulating his or her thirst for additional information and exploration.

Features
*Offers concise, readable definitions
*Weaves mathematical connections through the physical sciences
*Supplies complete bibliographies following each entry
*Profiles a multidisciplinary approach regarding the use of mathematics
*Provides 110,000 cross-references to other topics and sources, including many sites on the Internet - a unique highlight among mathematics books
*Contains more 3,000 illustrations, equations, figures, derivations, and graphics

Review

Praise for the first edition:

This extraordinary volume beautifully captures many of the discoveries in mathematics in a readable and authoritative fashion...What is truly exceptional is that this encyclopedia is the product of a single dedicated and talented author...This book is an excellent resource for both teaching and research libraries...
-Journal of Mathematical Psychology

I cannot praise the work too highly: Its vast scope and readability make the encyclopedia a great success.
- Robert Dickau

Impressive...I found it very interesting and spent time reading about a variety of topics for which I had very little background or knowledge...A valuable source of information...
- W.E. Schiesser, Lehigh University

Users will actually look forward to picking it up... one of the more important tools that will help college students actually grasp important mathematical concepts, written in such a way as to invite students to return to it time and again to discover that they really can understand mathematics and apply its concepts to derive solutions to practical problems.

Edition details

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0849319455
• ISBN 13: 9780849319457
• Binding: CD-ROM
• Edition number: 1