A mind for numbers : how to excel at math and science (even if you flunked algebra) / Barbara Oakley, Ph.D.

By:

Oakley, Barbara A, 1955-

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publisher: New York : Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, [2014]Description: xx, 316 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:

text

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unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

9780399165245 (pbk.)

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DDC classification:

501/.9 23

LOC classification:

QA11.2 OA11 2014

Summary: Engineering professor Barbara Oakley knows firsthand how it feels to struggle with math. She flunked her way through high school math and science courses; but when she saw how her lack of mathematical and technical savvy were limiting her options post-graduation, she returned to college newly determined to retool her brain to master the subjects that had given her so much trouble. In A mind for numbers, Oakley draws on insights from neuroscience and cognitive psychology to reveal the secrets to effectively learning math and science

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-302) and index.

Engineering professor Barbara Oakley knows firsthand how it feels to struggle with math. She flunked her way through high school math and science courses; but when she saw how her lack of mathematical and technical savvy were limiting her options post-graduation, she returned to college newly determined to retool her brain to master the subjects that had given her so much trouble. In A mind for numbers, Oakley draws on insights from neuroscience and cognitive psychology to reveal the secrets to effectively learning math and science

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