Vedic Mathematics for Schools (Book III)

by James T. Glover

In this book the Vedic techniques are applied to ordinary school mathematics for eleven and twelve years-old. the arithmatic introduced in books I and II is extended. The book also deals with the initial stages of solving equations, coordinate geometry, approximations, indices, parallels, triangles, ratio and proportion as well as other topics. Once a basic grounding has been established with the Vedic methods the next stage is the beginning of discrimination. A problem is set and, armed with several techniques, the student must choose the easiest or most relevant for achieving the solution. This book deals with some of the steps required for this training. JAMES T. GLOVER is head of mathematics at St. James Independent Schools in London where he has been a teacher for eighteen years. He is director of mathematical studies at the School of Economic Science and a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications. he has been researching Vedic mathematics and its use in education for more than twenty years and has run public courses in London on the subject. "The real contribution of this book, Vedic Mathematics for Schools, is to demonstrate that Vedic mathematics belongs not only to an hoary antiquity but is any day as modern as the day after tomorrow. What distinguishes it particularly is that it has been fashioned by British teachers for use at St. James Independent Schools in London and other British schools and that it takes its inspiration form the pioneering work of the late Bharati Krishna Tirthaji, a former Sankaracharya of Puri, who reconstructed a unique system on the basis of ancient Indian Mathematics. The book is thus a bridge across centuries, civilisation, linguistics barriers and national frontiers ... I hope that VEDIC MATHEMATICS FOR SCHOOLS will prove to be an asset of great value as a pioneering exemplar and will be used and adopted by discerning teachers throughout the world." "The book has been neatly printed and moderately priced. For its immense intellectual worth, it is highly recommended to the seekers of knowledge of mathematics." --Vedic Astrology