Mark Breach

Essential Maths for Engineering and Construction

How to Avoid Mistakes

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Essential Maths for Engineering and Construction: How to Avoid Mistakes is a concise and friendly guide to avoiding common mistakes in mathematics made by engineering and construction students. It looks at false logic and errors in arithmetic, algebra, trigonometry, calculus, and more. It also provides a primer for the fundamental mathematical skills required for these disciplines. Written in an approachable style, the book includes examples, quiz questions, and cartoons.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. August 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 126mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 311g
• ISBN-13: 9780415579278
• ISBN-10: 0415579279
• Artikelnr.: 33255039

Autorenporträt

Mark Breach is Principal Lecturer in Engineering Surveying at Nottingham Trent University, UK. He teaches mathematics courses to civil engineering and architectural technician undergraduates.

Inhaltsangabe

Finding the Pitfalls: Introduction. Find an Independent Check. Misleading
with Mathematics: When Ink Meets Paper. Juggling with Numbers. False
Assumptions and False Logic. Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics. Some
Mistakes that we Make: Errors in Arithmetic. Errors in Algebra. Errors in
Trigonometry. Calculator Errors. Bad Notation. Errors in Calculus. Test
Yourself.