The AIMS Library Series, a collaborative effort with Cambridge University Press, is a series of compact, up-to-date self-study guides on fundamental topics in the contemporary application of mathematics.
The first two titles in the series, Creative Mathematics (Alan F. Beardon) and Understanding Fluid Flow (Grae Worster) were launched at the AIMS offices in Muizenberg on 29 October 2009. The guest speakers at the launch were Stephen Bourne (CEO: Cambridge University Press), Prof Fritz Hahne (Director: African Institute for Mathematical Sciences) and Prof Alan F. Beardon (AIMS Library Series Editor).
The texts are designed for those who want to learn powerful ideas and techniques in subjects that promise long-term development and applications, and where students and young researchers can hope to make an impact. Prerequisites are kept to a minimum, and each book contains systematic, straightforward examples, and exercises with some solutions.
Titles have been specially priced to ensure that they are accessible to students in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Three further titles are planned for release in 2010, From Measures to Itô Integrals (Ekkehard Kopp), Differential Equations (Bernd Schroers),and Mathematical Modelling (Jacek Banasiak).
Further information regarding AIMS and this important new series can be located here.
I am happy to see such kind of programs to enrich scientific materials to Africa.
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Thanks Bewketu. You'll be pleased to know that Cambridge University Press is also publishing scientific material that was authored in Africa, which is enriching the world. Some of these that come to mind include, A History of Southern Africa, Whales and Dolphins of Southern Africa, Estuaries of South Africa, and HIV/AIDS in South Africa.
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