Mathematics for the Practical Man
by George Howe
Publisher: Van Nostrand 1918
Number of pages: 221
Description:
In this book mathematics, from algebra through calculus, has been treated in such a manner as to be clear to anyone. Men who wish to study a part of mathematics which they have not hitherto had, engineers who wish to refer to phases of mathematics which so easily slip from the memory, students who desire a simple reference book, will find this manual just the book for which they have been looking.
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