Almost 400 years ago, in "The Assayer," Galileo wrote: "Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe … [But the book] is written in the language of mathematics." He was much more than an ...

Includes updates and/or revisions. Students’ success in mathematics, and algebra specifically, hinges largely on their mastering a focused, clearly defined set of topics in that subject in early ...

The enormous scope for higher studies in mathematics was discussed at a day-long workshop organised by the Anna Science Centre Planetarium. Ninety students of mathematics, from 10 city colleges were ...