Oakley, Barbara A.,  1955- <br/><br/>
A mind for numbers :  how to excel at math and science (even if you flunked algebra) / 
Barbara Oakley, Ph.D. 
 - New York :  Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin,  2014 
 - xx, 316 pages :  illustrations ;  23 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-302) and index. 
<br/><br/> Engineering professor Barbara Oakley knows firsthand how it feels to struggle with math. She flunked her way through high school math and science courses; but when she saw how her lack of mathematical and technical savvy were limiting her options post-graduation, she returned to college newly determined to retool her brain to master the subjects that had given her so much trouble. In A mind for numbers, Oakley draws on insights from neuroscience and cognitive psychology to reveal the secrets to effectively learning math and science 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780399165245 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2014003665 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Math anxiety.<br/>Mathematics--Study and teaching--Psychological aspects.<br/>Educational psychology.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QA11.2  / OA11 2014 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>501/.9