Synopsis
This third edition of a bestselling encyclopedia contains over 1,000 pages of definitions, formulas, illustrations, web links, and facts from mathematics, the sciences, and engineering. This edition is extensively updated throughout with many new important entries added. Every entry includes a definition, followed by a formula, an illustration where applicable, and bibliographic information. A condensed version of the three-volume encyclopedia, this clear and concise book is accessible to anyone who has some background in high school mathematics.
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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
It seems to me that [Weisstein's] encyclopedia inaugurates a new era for two reasons: one, as the suthor says, this book lives and breathes hand-in-hand with the Internet. This book's ease of reference, despite a lack of index due to size limitation, and interactive features place it squarely and successfully in this new age. The second reason why the book is a first in the technology age is that CAS are used extensively by the author, and Mathematica codes are included in this new edition. SIAM Review, Vol. 46
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.
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