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
