Add this copy of The Cosmic Calculator. 5 Volumes to cart. $92.25, new condition, Sold by William Bradstreet Stewart, ships from Santa Barbara, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2004 by Motilal Banarsidass.
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New. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall 3 Volumes, Teachers Guide, & Answer Book. This is cheaper paper edition of the Cosmic Computer published by Motilal Banarsidass & imported from India. Best suited for teacher?s use in a classroom setting with guide & answers in separate volume. Written for 11-14 year old pupils (some of the material in Books 1 and 2 is suitable for children from the age of about eight) this course covers the National Curriculum for England and Wales. The full course consists of three Textbooks, one Teacher's Guide and one Answer Book for all 3 volumes. THE TEXT BOOKS Each of the three books has 27 chapters each of which is prefaced by an inspiring quote from a famous mathematician, philosopher etc. Also in each book there are historical notes which relate to the authors of the quotes, a list of Sutras and three other short but interesting sections (e.g. Pascal's Triangle, Fractals). Book 1 deals mainly with basic arithmetic, proportion, decimals, basic algebra and geometry, polygons, area, volume etc. Book 2 extends this, covering fractions, probability, sequences, negative numbers, percentages, equations, graphs, charts, transformations, bearings etc. Book 3 develops this further into recurring decimals, square and cube roots, division, divisibility, the musical scale, formulae, simultaneous equations, quadratic equations, proof, similar triangles, area of a circle, nets, conic sections, loci, motion, vectors, Pythagoras' theorem, triples, coordinate geometry etc. THE TEACHER'S GUIDE Contains A Summary of the book. A copy of the Unified Field Chart for that book. Notes on the content of the chapters-advice, suggestions etc. Mental Tests (correlated with the books) and answers-which allow earlier work to be regularly revised, give stimulating ideas relevant to the current lesson and which develop themes from earlier tests which may ultimately become the subject of a lesson. Extension Material and answers (about 16 per book)-these consist of a 1 or 2-sided sheet given to children...
