Wartime Refresher in Fundamental Mathematics
New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1943. Fourth Printing. 248, illus., diagrams, glossary, front flyleaf removed, pencil erasure on title page. Additional authors include: A. H. Brolly, E. S. Pulliam, E. C. Upton, and G. W. Thomas, from the U.S. Naval Training School, Chicago. An interesting snapshot of how mathematics was applied in wartime. This course in mathematics and algebra was used as a refresher for potential Government workers to be able to calculate wartime situations involving artillery, loading submarines, battleship supplies, etc. Condition: fair.
Keywords: Artillery Firing, Bomber Payloads, Military Logistics, Mil. Mathematics, Military Training, Submarines, Applied Mathematics, Linear Equations, Quadratic Equations
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