Publisher's Synopsis
"The object," writes Whitehead of this book, "is not to teachmathematics, but to enable students from the very beginning of their course to know what the science is about, and why it is necessarily the foundation of exact thought as applied to natural phenomena." These words, found in the first chapter, introduce the reader to a lively and eminently accessible discussion of basic mathematical concepts, including the basis of calculus, algebra and trigonometry. Attentive readers will likely be surprised at the complexity of the equations and concepts that they will be familiar with by the time they have finished the book.This edition has been renumbered and completely reset with an easy-to-read typeface.
