Reviews mostly of books and the circumstances in which I came across them. Most of the books are in science or mathematics.
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Inside Interesting Integrals - Paul J. Nahin (Springer, 2015)
If you want to improve your integration skills this is the book for you. The perfect book if you are stuck at home on a snow day and you like to make calculations (I am, and I do.) My only quibble with this book is that the author uses MATLAB to check his results. I prefer books that teach students to determine whether the answers make sense. I suppose that most people use numerical routines to check results these days - but keep in mind that they don't always get the right answer. Personally, I'd prefer to use Python or R to check the results - I prefer that students know what algorithms are being used. All in all, a worthwhile book.
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