Logic is often perceived as having little to do with the rest of philosophy, and even less to do with real life. In this lively and accessible introduction, Graham Priest shows how wrong this conception is. He explores the philosophical roots of the subject, explaining how modern formal logic deals with issues ranging from the existence of God and the reality of time to paradoxes of probability and decision theory.

Along the way, the basics of formal logic are explained in simple, non-technic...

This book grew out of a course of lectures given to third year undergraduates at Oxford University and it has the modest aim of producing a rapid introduction to the subject. It is designed to be read

Engineering Mathematics with Examples and Applications provides a compact and concise primer in the field, starting with the foundations, and then gradually developing to the advanced level of mathematics that is necessary for all engineering disciplines. Therefore, this book's aim is to help undergraduates rapidly develop the fundamental knowledge of engineering mathematics. The book can also be used by graduates to review and refresh their mathematical skills.

Step-by-step worked examples w...

Statistical Inference via Data Science: A ModernDive into R and the Tidyverse provides a pathway for learning about statistical inference using data science tools widely used in industry, academia, and government. It introduces the tidyverse suite of R packages, including the ggplot2 package for data visualization, and the dplyr package for data wrangling. After equipping readers with just enough of these data science tools to perform effective exploratory data analyses, the book covers tradi...

The companion book to COURSERA®'s wildly popular massive open online course "Learning How to Learn"

Whether you are a student struggling to fulfill a math or science requirement, or you are embarking on a career change that requires a new skill set, A Mind for Numbers offers the tools you need to get a better grasp of that intimidating material. Engineering professor Barbara Oakley knows firsthand how it feels to struggle with math. She flunked her way through high school math and s...

How Numbers Work is a tour of the mind-blowing but beautiful realm of numbers and the mathematical rules that connect them.

- Geschreven voor eerstejaarsstudenten in het hoger technisch onderwijs;

- voorzien van vele voorbeelden die de stof van context voorzien;

- volop oefenmogelijkheden.

Wiskunde, de basis 1 vergroot het wiskundig inzicht van studenten in de propedeusefase van een technische ho-opleiding en voorziet hen van een degelijke wiskundebasis. Het boek bevat van vele opgaven om de theorie te toetsen en voorbeelden die de stof van context voorzien.

Wiskunde, de basis 1 heeft als uitgangspunt dat de opga...

Dit boek is een inleiding in de Projectieve Meetkunde die mede gebaseerd is op de ervaringen van de auteur met onderwijs aan de lerarenopleiding. De meetkunde staat opnieuw in de belangstelling in onderwijs en onderzoek en het boek is, behalve voor studenten, dan ook bedoeld voor allen die hun kennis van de meetkunde willen opfrissen.Hoewel dit boek vele klassieke resultaten bevat zoals de stellingen van Pappos, Desargues en Pascal, is de opzet niet conventioneel. Uitgangspunten en axiomatiek...