| Cosmic Computer BookAn abridged version of the Vedic Mathematics Course for Schools by Kenneth Williams and Mark Gaskell.Invaluable for Teachers, Students, and Parents."This book is a delight" - Andrew Nicholas, Maths teacher."Congratulations . . . a beautiful exposition of the essential elements of Vedic Mathematics" - Brian McEnery Ph.D."My nine year old daughter always looks forward to working from the book. She is not particularly keen on maths at school but she enjoys the book so much she doesn't want to stop" - Bernard Bence.This book is an abridged version of the books which form part of a full course based on Vedic (pronounced Vaydik) Mathematics. It will appeal to teachers, parents, pupils of all ages from eight upwards and anyone who enjoys the beauty and precision of mathematics. An excellent introduction to the Vedic system.The perfect bound (paperback) book is beautifully illustrated with a striking full-colour picture of a painting on the front cover and is almost A4 in size. It is written to the student, has many examples and exercises with answers and over 200 pages. 1997; Authors: Kenneth Williams & Mark Gaskell; ISBN 0 9531782 0 X Enrich your child's education - Improve your memory and concentration - Become a lightning mental calculator - Vedic Maths is Fun!A new approach to mathematics and maths teaching based on profound principles derived from the Vedic Literature. Kenneth Williams is a Mathematician who has spent more than 20 years researching Vedic Mathematics. Mark Gaskell is a Maths teacher at the Maharishi School at Skelmersdale in Lancashire. Together they have developed a full Vedic Mathematics Course for schools, covering key stage 3 of the national curriculum (generally for children aged 11-14), which is now in its second year of teaching at the Maharishi School. The Cosmic Computer is an abridged edition of the full course, containing the most important and striking of the Vedic methods. The topics covered range from techniques to speed up and simplify addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, to solving, quadratic equations."This book is really well set out and very easy to read" - Peter Harrison, Bookseller. |