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is generally a death march from algebra to calculus, this
book suggests a wonderful new way to organize the ideas
of elementary mathematics. The organizational principle
here is around fundamental ideas that underlie
every mathematical proof ever conceived: parity, the
pigeonhole principle, induction, counting (combinatorics),
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illustrations of that section's principle; the last problems
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Do the problems in this book, and you can't help but just
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When I was a kid, I was mystified by puzzle problems that I
had no idea how to tackle, and intimidated by kids who could
solve those types of problems. Had this book been available
back then, it would have de-mystified those problems for me,
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way that we can't even conceive of today. It would de-mistify
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I felt as if I knew Tanner and Mike, Renee and the others.This book is not the typical romance story, it's realistic, it's from a man's point of view, a man who is not afraid to look into life's window.
Author John Sergey takes you on a journey that will make you laugh, cry, believe and inspire.
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