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A plain-English guide to the basics of trig From sines and cosines to logarithms, conic sections, and polynomials, this friendly guide takes the torture out of trigonometry, explaining basic concepts in plain English, offering lots of easy-to-grasp example problems, and adding a dash of humor and fun. It also explains the "why" of trigonometry, using real-world examples that illustrate the value of trigonometry in a variety of careers. Mary Jane Sterling (Peoria, IL) has taught mathematics at Bradley University in Peoria for more than 20 years. She is also the author of the highly successful Algebra For Dummies (0-7645-5325-9).
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Autor: Mary Jane Sterling
ISBN: 0764569031
Publication date: 2005-01-28
Edition: Paperback
Publisher: For Dummies
Number of Pages: 384
Price: From $10.15 at Amazon (on August 11th 2007, 02:36)
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a decent book
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A fine book for those who are real strong in algebra. At the risk of appearing sexist, it is definitely written from an female academic's point of view. Some real-world examples would be helpful. Overall, a decent book.
Great thing from Dummies and Amazon
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Trigonometry For Dummies (For Dummies (Math & Science))
This book is really good as a supplemental book for high school student. Since our school want to be an international school, I think this book and any other Dummies books will be relevant to be used for teaching and learning in International developmental based school.
Great reference book
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Recently took college-level calculus and forgot most of what I had learned in high school. Bought this along with "Calculus for Dummies" and used both to help me survive the course.
This book is definitely not comprehensive, but I still have to give it five stars for its great plain-english descriptions of some difficult concepts. I wouldn't buy this book as my only source to learn trigonometry, but as an accompaniment to a good class or as an assistant to help with homework, it does a great job.
Not very thorough
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This book is anything but a comprehensive guide. The author fails to go into verbose detail on almost every problem, leaving you guessing how she came to that conclusion. That would be fine if this was an advanced trig book, but it's the DUMMIES guide and as such I'd expect to be taken through every step of every problem. There's plenty of room for this; there are huge margins which could have been used to fill in more detail.
It also completely fails to explain trig identities in a sensible way, which if you're a student struggling with challenging trig identity problems, this book won't be of any help.
Excellent book
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This book is well written. It is thorough in its presentation of trigonometry.It also reviews the geometry necessary to understand the trig.There is an emphasis on practical applications using trigonometry.
The explanations concerning how various equations are derived is especially helpful. These enable you to understand instead of memorize.
The Trigonometry workbook is an excellent companion book.
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