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Volume 70 - Issue 454 - December 1986

Notes

70.50 Partial fractions—a problem in rigid thought patterns

70.51 Which straight-line representation for V = p/(a + bp)?

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Elizabeth M. Williams

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The psychology of learning mathematics (2nd edition), by Richard R. Skemp. Pp 295. £4·95. 1986. ISBN 0-14-022668-0 (Penguin)

Mathematics and the primary school. Pp 55. £1·50. 1985. (The National Association of Head Teachers)

Microworlds: adventures with LOGO, by M. Thorne, R. Noss and C. Smallman. Pp 104. £4·95. 1985. ISBN 0-09-161111-3 (Hutchinson)

Maths for living, by N. S. Armstrong, B. W. Butler, J. Connachan and A. Innes. Pp 28 each. £0·95 each. 1985. In the home: ISBN 0-216-91529-5; On the road: ISBN 0-216-91530-9 (Blackie)

Practical maths, by Elaine Richards. Pp 48. £1·95. 1986. ISBN 0-7131-8254-7 (Arnold)

The beauty of doing mathematics, by S. Lang. Pp 135. DM66. 1985. ISBN 3-540-96149-6 (Springer)

SMP 11–16; book Y2. Pp 156. £3·75. 1985. ISBN 0-521-31674-X (Cambridge University Press)

Examinations in mathematics, by Eva Shipton, Michael Kenwood, Cyril Moss and Charles Plumpton. Pp 197. £4·95. 1985. ISBN 0-333-39455-0 (Macmillan)

Quick calculus— a self-teaching guide (2nd edition), by D. Kleppner and N. Ramsey. Pp 262. £9·70. 1985. ISBN 0-471-82722-3 (Wiley)

Pure mathematics: essential theory and exercises, by P. J. Holt. Pp 314. £5·95. 1986. ISBN 0-340-33498-3 (Hodder and Stoughton)

Basic technical mathematics, by S. R. Porter and J. F. Ernst. Pp 772. £31·95. 1985. ISBN 0-201-05586-4 (Addison-Wesley) - Basic technical mathematics with calculus, by S. R. Porter and J. F. Ernst. Pp 1115. £31·95. 1985. ISBN 0-201-05589-9 (Addison-Wesley)

Statistics for construction students, by J. A. Bland. Pp 169. £8·95. 1986. ISBN 0-86095-043-3 (Longman)

Statistics: a conceptual approach, by K. Laurence Weldon. Pp 442. £26·70. 1985. ISBN 0-13-845819-7 (Prentice-Hall)

Probability theory and application, by E. A. Robinson. Pp 420. £45·75. 1985. ISBN 90-277-2025-8 (Reidel)

Mathematics in the social and life sciences: theories, models and methods, by M. A. Ball. Pp 296. £12·50. 1985. ISBN 0-85312-466-8 (hardback) and 0-85312-887-1 (paperback) (Ellis Horwood)

Discrete structures– an introduction to mathematics for computer science, by Fletcher R. Norris. Pp 321. £37·90. 1985. ISBN 0-13-215260-6 (Prentice-Hall)

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