Product Review

The Nichols Schwartz Mathematics Dictionary and Handbook is a book about the language of mathematics. It can be the most useful book you own, since you will need to think mathematically, to communicate with others in mathematical terms, and to understand the meaning of mathematical terms for every new mathematical concept and skill you learn. This book can also answer questions about how to perform operations needed in everyday life, from addition, fractions, and percents to working with the often troublesome number zero. It also contains entry of terms that you may not encounter regularly but ones that you might be curious about, from abacus to calculus to magic squares to Zeno's paradox.