Vision in Elementary Mathematics

482 Pages·2011·3.591 MB·English

by  W. W. Sawyer

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Copyright
Copyright © 1964 by W. W. Sawyer All rights reserved.
Bibliographical Note
This Dover edition, first published in 2003, is an unabridged
reprint of the work originally published by Penguin Books
Ltd., Hammondsworth, Middlesex, England, in 1964.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Sawyer, W. W. (Walter Warwick), 1911-
Vision in elementary mathematics / W. W. Sawyer.
p. cm.
Originally published: Hammondsworth, Middlesex, England;
Baltimore, Md. : Penguin Books, 1964, in series: Introducing
mathematics; 1.
9780486143620
1. Mathematics—Study and teaching (Elementary) I. Title.
QA135.6 .S39 2002
372.7—dc21
2002034825
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