This text has been designed to provide full coverage for the new four units of maths in the Engineering GNVQ (Mandatory, Optional and 2 x Additional), and as such it offers a complete primer for students seeking university entrance. The author's approach, based on numerous worked examples supported by problems, is suitable for students of a wide range of abilities and can be worked through at the students own pace. New material in this second edition includes chapters on: simultaneous and quadratic equations; transposition of formulae; logarithmic equations; graphical solution of equations; implicit and logarithmic diferentiation; binomial and poisson distributions; normal distributions; and probability.
John Bird, the author of over 100 textbooks on engineering and mathematical subjects, is the former Head of Applied Electronics in the Faculty of Technology at Highbury College, Portsmouth, U.K. More recently, he has combined freelance lecturing at Portsmouth University, with technical writing and Chief Examiner responsibilities for City and Guilds Telecommunication Principles and Mathematics, and examining for the International Baccalaureate Organisation.
John Bird is currently a Senior Training Provider at the Royal Naval School of Marine Engineering in the Defence College of Marine and Air Engineering at H.M.S. Sultan, Gosport, Hampshire, U.K. The school, which serves the Royal Navy, is one of Europe's largest engineering training establishments.