Who is Fourier? A Mathematical Adventure

Second Edition

By Transnational College of LEX

With a new foreword by Dan Rockmore, Chair of the Department of Mathematics at Dartmouth College

Translated from Japanese
by Alan Gleason

Second Edition Published 2012
426 pages
Paperback, fully illustrated

ISBN 978-0-9643504-3-4

$29.95

 

The student authors take the reader along on their adventure of discovery, creating an interactive work that gradually moves from the very basics ("What is a right triangle?") to the more complicated mathematics of trigonometry, exponentiation, differentiation, and integration. This is done in a way that is not only easy to understand, but actually fun!

While it is user-friendly enough even for those who are "math phobic," Who is Fourier? has been enjoyed by many people in the math and science fields. The largest percentage of our readers are professors and engineers, with business people and students following closely. It is a must-have for anyone interested in mathematics, physics, engineering, or complex science. Over 60,000 copies have sold in Japan since the original publication!

"An approach to the teaching of elementary Fourier series that is innovative, conceptual and appealingly informal."

--Dr. John Allen Paulos, author of Innumeracy

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Table of Contents and sample pages