Re:Mathematics for the Adventurous Self-Learner
by noelwelsh on Monday February 24, 2020 @04:15AM
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OU = Open University. It's a UK distance learning university. Website is at https://www.open.ac.uk/
The courses the comments refer to are the level 1 courses listed here: http://www.open.ac.uk/courses/maths/all-modules
The text books are the texts for these courses. I don't know if you can get the books from OU without registering for the courses.
Re:Mathematics for the Adventurous Self-Learner
by EliRivers on Monday February 24, 2020 @04:12AM
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The OU; the Open University. It's a British university founded sixty or so years ago with the intent of widening access to higher education. Their campus is centred in Milton Keynes, a bit north of London.
I took a Masters in Maths with them and it was brutal. Serious exams are a youngster's game. I got a glimpse into why so many Cambridge wranglers were also serious atheletes.
Re:Mathematics for the Adventurous Self-Learner
by strls on Monday February 24, 2020 @04:45AM
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The books are called "Essential Mathematics" 1 and 2. They correspond to these modules.
http://www.openuniversity.edu/courses/modules/mst124
http://www.openuniversity.edu/courses/modules/mst125
Second-hand OU books are usually bought from https://www.universitybooksearch.co.uk/
Re:Mathematics for the Adventurous Self-Learner
by learner1215 on Monday February 24, 2020 @07:14AM
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Could you provide the direct links for the books used in: MST123, MST124, MST125? I could not find them in your links.
Re:Mathematics for the Adventurous Self-Learner
by blacksmith_tb on Monday February 24, 2020 @01:50PM
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If you're not in the UK, I see that Thriftbooks appears to get at least some copies[1].
1: https://www.thriftbooks.com/browse/?b.search=MST124#b.s=most...
Can you share the names of the textbooks?