Owen, George E. <br/><br/>
Fundamentals of scientific mathematics. 

 - New York  Harper & Row         1961 
 - x, 274 p. : ill.  Includes bibliographical references and index  cm. 
<br/><br/> For a book that was originally written in 1961, this book is surprisingly modern. The very clear treatment of matrices and vectors in a scientific mathematics context, then linking their use to elementary calculus, as well as to cylindrical and spherical coordinate systems is excellent.<br/><br/>This would make a very useful book for a mathematician/physicist/chemist/engineer to read before starting a degree.<br/><br/>George Owen also wrote another very good book at a slightly higher math level called The Universe of the Mind. The two books would go well together.<br/> 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label> Refertence 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mathematics<br/>Algebra<br/>Geometry