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Trigonometry Demystified: A Self-teaching Guide

Trigonometry Demystified: A Self-teaching Guide
By Stan Gibilisco

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Calculate this: Trigonometry just got a lot easier to learn! Now anyone with an interest in basic, practical trigonometry can master it - without formal training, unlimited time, or a genius IQ. In "Trigonometry Demystified", best-selling author Stan Gibilisco provides a fun, effective, and totally painless way to learn the fundamentals and general concepts of trigonometry. With "Trigonometry Demystified" you master the subject one simple step at a time - at your own speed.Unlike most books on trigonometry, this book uses prose and illustrations to describe the concepts where others leave you pondering abstract symbology. This unique self-teaching guide offers questions at the end of each chapter and section to pinpoint weaknesses, and a 100-question final exam to reinforce the entire book. Simple enough for beginners but challenging enough for professional enrichment, "Trigonometry Demystified" is your direct route to learning or brushing up on trigonometry. You can learn all aspects of trigonometry: how angles are expressed; the relationships between angles and distances; calculating distances based on parallax; coordinate systems and navigation; and much more!

Product Details

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #384292 in Books
  • Published on: 2003-08-01
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 303 pages

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From the Publisher

  • This book will help the reader to solve basic problems such as:

    Understanding how angles are measured

  • Understanding the relationships between angles and distances
  • Creating and understanding coordinate systems
  • Calculating distances based on parallax
  • Reading maps and charts
  • Working with latitude and longitude
  • Envisioning objects in 3-space

    From the Back Cover
    CALCULATE THIS: TRIGONOMETRY JUST GOT A LOT EASIER TO LEARN!

    Now anyone with an interest in basic, practical trigonometry can master it -- without formal training, unlimited time, or a genius IQ. In Trigonometry Demystified, best-selling author Stan Gibilisco provides a fun, effective, and totally painless way to learn the fundamentals and general concepts of trigonometry.

    With Trigonometry Demystified you master the subject one simple step at a time -- at your own speed. Unlike most books on trigonometry, this book uses prose and illustrations to describe the concepts where others leave you pondering abstract symbology. This unique self-teaching guide offers questions at the end of each chapter and section to pinpoint weaknesses, and a 100-question final exam to reinforce the entire book.

    Simple enough for beginners but challenging enough for professional enrichment, Trigonometry Demystified is your direct route to learning or brushing up on trigonometry.

    Learn all aspects of trigonometry:
    * How angles are expressed
    * The relationships between angles and distances
    * Calculating distances based on parallax
    * Coordinate systems and navigation
    * And much more!

    About the Author
    Stan Gibilisco is one of McGraw-Hill’s most diverse and best-selling authors. His clear, friendly, easy-to-read writing style makes his electronics titles accessible to a wide audience and his background in mathematics and research make him an ideal handbook editor. He is the author of The TAB Encyclopedia of Electronics for Technicians and Hobbyists Teach Yourself Electricity and Electronics, and The Illustrated Dictionary of Electronics. Booklist named his book, The McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Personal Computing, one of the Best References of 1996.