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Calculator Books: The Electronic Calculator
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Title: | The Electronic Calculator in Business, Home and School |
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Author(s): |
Claude Birtwistle – who published a number of books on calculators and mathematical puzzles. | |
| First edition: | 1976 | |
| Publisher: | Paperfronts, Elliot Right Way Books, Kingswood, Surrey UK. | |
| This example | 1976 paperback by Paperfronts. Made and printed in Great Birtain by C. Nicholls & Company Ltd., The Philips Park Press, Manchester, UK. | |
| ISBN: | 716006335 | |
| Printed pages | 192 | |
| Cover: | No credit given for the illustrations on the cover or inside | |
| Size: | 111mm x 180mm (w x h) | |
| Price: | £0.40 in the UK | |
| Contents: | Broken down into 16 practical sections covering choosing a calculator, money calculations, conversions, sequences and series, successive approximations and solving equations. Very broad range of useful, but sometimes obvious instructions. | |
| Comments: | Pretty useful book for those scared to admit they do not understand everything about calculators. The early sections break down examples into Algebraic (normal) and Arithmetic (semi-RPN on this web site) operations. This is useful for collectors who end up with early calculators with (+=) type keys. Interspersed with a few sections on “Figure Fun” for light relief. | |
| Notable Quotes: | “The
electronic calculator is now becoming part of our everyday life. Decimal money and metrication mean that a calculator can
easily deal with our common calculations.
The price of machines has dropped considerably, partly because of
improved design and partly because, as more machines are sold, mass
production methods result in a reduction in the cost of each individual
unit.” And from the Publisher Paperfronts: “We seek the authoritative manuscript, giving editorial help to the inexperienced writer”. “Resulting huge print runs maintain tremendous low-price value…” |
