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2. THE COSMIC CALCULATOR
COURSE - details
Introduction
from the Teacher's Guide
Summary of Book
1 Summary
of Book 2 Summary
of Book 3
PLEASE NOTE: this course was originally titled The
Cosmic Computer course.
The ISBN’s are as follows:
Full set: 81-208-1871-7
Book 1: 81-208-1862-8
Book 2: 81-208-1863-6
Book 3: 81-208-1864-4
Teachers Guide: 81-208-1865-2
Answer Book 1: 81-208-1866-0
PRICE 50.00 POUNDS FOR THE FULL COURSE.
Reviews
I found the whole course very interesting and really
feel I have improved in Maths. I can now even challenge my dad in Maths
Sums and beat him! (That is a great improvement). The Maths games were
fun and helped a lot . . . - Deborah, aged 13
P.S.: I have your "Cosmic Computer" books on my desk
and use this to prepare for my VM class. I enjoy them a lot. Dr
S. Sreenath, Professor of electrical engineering and computer science
and Vedic Maths tutor in the U.S.A.
The Course
Written for 11-14 year old pupils (some of the material in Books 1 and
2 is suitable for children from the age of about eight) this course
covers the National Curriculum for England and Wales. The full course
consists of three Textbooks, three Teacher's Guides and three Answer
Books.
THE TEXT BOOKS
Each of the three books has 27 chapters each of which is prefaced
by an inspiring quote from a famous mathematician, philosopher etc.
Also in each book there are historical notes which relate to the authors
of the quotes, a list of Sutras and three other short but interesting
sections (e.g. Pascal's Triangle, Fractals).
Book 1 deals mainly with basic arithmetic, proportion, decimals,
basic algebra and geometry, polygons, area, volume etc.
Book 2 extends this, covering fractions, probability, sequences,
negative numbers, percentages, equations, graphs, charts, transformations,
bearings etc.
Book 3 develops this further into recurring decimals, square
and cube roots, division, divisibility, the musical scale, formulae,
simultaneous equations, quadratic equations, proof, similar triangles,
area of a circle, nets, conic sections, loci, motion, vectors, Pythagoras'
theorem, triples, coordinate geometry etc.
THE TEACHER'S GUIDE
This contains:
A Summary of the book.
A copy of the Unified Field Chart for that book.
Notes on the content of the chapters- advice, suggestions etc.
Mental Tests (correlated with the books) and answers- which
allow earlier work to be regularly revised, give stimulating ideas relevant
to the current lesson and which develop themes from earlier tests which
may ultimately become the subject of a lesson. Extension Material
and answers (about 16 per book)- these consist of a 1 or 2-sided
sheet given to children who work fast and get ahead of the rest of the
class. Many of these are also very suitable for work with a whole class.
Revision Tests and Answers- There is a revision test every
4 or 5 chapters. This includes a mental test of 10 questions.
Games, Worksheets etc.
THE ANSWER BOOK
This contains answers to all exercises and other numbered questions
in the text and should be available for pupils during lessons..
THE COURSE has many unusual and attractive features.
1 It is primarily a system of mental mathematics (though all
the methods can also be written down) using simple patterns and methods
which are very easy to understand and remember. Each lesson starts with
a short mental test.
2 It is extremely coherent and unified and uses sixteen simple
word-formulae, called Sutras, like Vertically and Crosswise. These formulae
relate to the different ways in which the mind can be used and are therefore
a great help to pupils.
3 It makes use of a "Unified Field" chart which shows the whole
subject of mathematics at a glance and how the different parts and topics
are related.
4 The powerful Vedic methods are delightfully easy and fun.
Many problems can be tackled in a variety of ways, from right to left
or from left to right, 2 or more figures at a time, etc. The techniques
are also interrelated which adds to the beauty and simplicity.
Through this mental approach the course encourages creativity and the
use of intuition in mathematics, in contrast to the modern, mainly analytic,
approach.
Vedic Mathematics is already being taught with great success in many
schools and the response to this course has been extremely encouraging.
1998; Authors: Kenneth Williams & Mark Gaskell.
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