Postby Technomancer » Mon Feb 19, 2007 3:15 pm
The best book I've ever had on linear algebra is Anton and Rorres's book "Elementry Linear Algebra." In particular, you should look for the Applications Edition.
Look for it
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MathWorld is useful for definitions, but I wouldn't go much further than. You really should just go to your school's library and find better texts than what you've been using. You should also try looking for a copy of Schaum's Outline.
The scientific method," Thomas Henry Huxley once wrote, "is nothing but the normal working of the human mind." That is to say, when the mind is working; that is to say further, when it is engaged in corrrecting its mistakes. Taking this point of view, we may conclude that science is not physics, biology, or chemistry—is not even a "subject"—but a moral imperative drawn from a larger narrative whose purpose is to give perspective, balance, and humility to learning.
Neil Postman
(The End of Education)
Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge
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