Courses Infomation

Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics by Eric Weisstein

**More information:

Description

Impressive in its print version, The Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics on CD-ROM, Second Edition goes even further towards a reference that is highly accessible, fully searchable, and fun to explore. Now better than ever, the bestselling CD-ROM has been updated and expanded to include the equivalent of 1000 additional pages of illustrated entries, many of which were contributed by experts from around the world. The accessibility of the Encyclopedia along with its broad coverage and economical price make it attractive to and attainable by the widest possible range of readers and a must for libraries–from the high school to professional and research levels. It is simply the most impressive compendium of mathematical definitions, formulas, figures, tabulations, and references available.

REVIEW

Praise for the first edition:

This extraordinary volume beautifully captures many of the discoveries in mathematics in a readable and authoritative fashion…What is truly exceptional is that this encyclopedia is the product of a single dedicated and talented author…This book is an excellent resource for both teaching and research libraries…
-Journal of Mathematical Psychology

I cannot praise the work too highly: Its vast scope and readability make the encyclopedia a great success.
– Robert Dickau

Impressive…I found it very interesting and spent time reading about a variety of topics for which I had very little background or knowledge…A valuable source of information…
– W.E. Schiesser, Lehigh University

Users will actually look forward to picking it up… one of the more important tools that will help college students actually grasp important mathematical concepts, written in such a way as to invite students to return to it time and again to discover that they really can understand mathematics and apply its concepts to derive solutions to practical problems.

FROM THE BACK COVER

The CRC Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics is a compendium of mathematical definitions, formulas, figures, tabulations, and references. Its informal style makes it accessible to a broad spectrum of readers with a diverse range of mathematical backgrounds and interests. This fascinating, useful book draws connections to other areas of mathematics and science as well as demonstrates its actual implementation – providing a highly readable, distinctive text diverging from the all-too-frequent specialized jargon and dry formal exposition.

Through its thousands of explicit examples, formulas, and derivations, The CRC Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics gives the reader a flavor of the subject without getting lost in minutiae – stimulating his or her thirst for additional information and exploration.

Features
*Offers concise, readable definitions
*Weaves mathematical connections through the physical sciences
*Supplies complete bibliographies following each entry
*Profiles a multidisciplinary approach regarding the use of mathematics
*Provides 110,000 cross-references to other topics and sources, including many sites on the Internet – a unique highlight among mathematics books
*Contains more 3,000 illustrations, equations, figures, derivations, and graphics –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Salepage : Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics by Eric Weisstein

About Author

Eric W. Weisstein

Eric W. Weisstein began compiling scientific encyclopedias as a high school student nearly twenty years ago. Born in Bloomington, Indiana in 1969, Weisstein studied physics and astronomy at Cornell University and Caltech and received his Ph.D. from Caltech in 1996. In 1995, Weisstein took the vast collection of mathematical facts that he had been accumulating since his teenage years and began to deploy them on the early internet. These pioneering efforts at organizing and presenting online content helped define a paradigm that has subsequently been followed by other large-scale informational projects on the web.

Weisstein is responsible for the award-winning MathWorld site–the world’s most widely accessed online mathematics resource. He is also a prolific communicator of mathematics, having authored most of MathWorld’s nearly 13,000 articles.

Weisstein joined Wolfram Research in 1999 and unveiled the MathWorld website at mathworld.wolfram.com later that year. As a member of the Scientific Information Group at Wolfram Research, Weisstein has led the development of MathWorld, continuing to expand its scope and depth and fulfilling his vision for bringing accessible mathematical and scientific knowledge to the widest possible audience.