Math with No Math: Unconventional Wisdom for the Capable, Perplexed, Incredulous, Curious, and Earnest High School Math Student

by Joseph J Poirier, William M Bradbury (Illustrator)

Overview

This book is about math yet there is no math in it. It is written for the high school math student who is:

• Capable
• Perplexed
• Incredulous
• Curious
• Earnest

Math advocate Joe Poirier provides you with some unconventional and insightful wisdom about math in a direct, authoritative, thorough, clear, down-to-earth, and mathless manner. If you're looking for a quick fix to your math woes, this book is NOT for you. However, if you want to look at math from a different perspective, learn what math is, what to do with it, the reasons to keep at it, and, perhaps most importantly, how to study it properly, then this book will help you achieve these. Its contents will hopefully give you some math direction and purpose and increase your overall academic efficiency and effectiveness. The wisdom provided in this book is what your parents, guardians, and/or teachers might never have told you or ever will, and what you may never learn anywhere else.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798986653907
Publisher:	Pequossette Publishing
Publication date:	07/10/2023
Pages:	168
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	13 - 18 Years

About the Author

Joe Poirier is a mechanical engineer with 30 years of engineering experience in the aerospace and defense industry. Heis also a Marine Corps veteran who served as an avionics technician and embassy guard. He was a mediocre high schoolstudent who was capable, perplexed, incredulous, and curious-but not earnest at the time. Joe is now a math advocate withmany years of experience tutoring middle and high school students. His "math journey" and turnaround, which started inthe Marines, resulted in BS Mechanical Engineering, MS Mechanical Engineering, and MBA degrees, and becoming alicensed Professional Engineer (Mechanical).