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The Natural Calculator: India's Scientific Heritage: Using the Natural Processes of the Mind for Mental Calculation
The Natural Calculator India's Scientific Heritage Using the Natural Processes of the Mind for Mental Calculation Author:K. Williams Indian mathematics belongs not only to an hoary antiquity but is a living discipline with a potential for manifold modern applications. Vedic mathematics was rediscovered from ancient Sanskrit texts earlier this century by Bharati Krsna Tirthaji [1884-1960]. He found that all problems in pure and applied mathematics can be solved easily with the... more » aid of 16 simple Sutras. This may sound incredible but the Vedic system offers a very different approach to mathematics. It has a coherence and beauty that make it attractive and some of the methods are truly amazing in their efficiency and simplicity. This book is an elementary book on mathematics. Each of the 9 chapters covers one of the Vedic mathematics formulae.« less