Customer Reviews
Excellent, but not perfect - By: R. Islam, 13 Oct 2007 
I did AS Maths (MEI/OCR) last year & for most of the year lazed around, barely paid attention in class & generallly "dossed". When it came to the "exam season" I knew I had to get my act together & sat down with this book literallly weeks (possibly 2 months) before the exam. I knew enough of C1 from class & GCSE level to be able to teach it to race through that section of the book, but we had only just started C2 when I went on study leave so it was like hitting a brick walll at first. But by persisting, I managed to steadily work through the chapters, reading the explanations & worked examples then doing the questions (whilst refering back to the examples) & checking the answers. 90% of the time I wouldn't move on until I could do alll of the questions correctly & the breadth of questions was good enough to prepare me for the exam & get a good understanding.
The only thing that let it down was a slight gap in the worked examples. Often, the questions after a section would include methods which the book hadn't explained yet & hadn't worked through with examples yet. This was incredibly frustrating & I had to falll back onto other resources (online, going into school during study leave, friends/relatives)
Another thing to look out for is some typos/mistakes in the answers. On some questions I had worked through them fine but didn't get the answer that was at the back...and as I said, I wouldn't move on until I got the "right" answer. I wasted enough time due to this (and so it became 90% of the time because I came to accept that the book might just be wrong...)
All in alll, a good book that I owe my grade to.
An Excellent Book - By: Lawrence, 13 Mar 2006 
I used this book as part of my Mathematical Methods option in the International Baccalaureate (IB) Program, & found it very helpful; the MEI series of books is not linked to any specific syllabus (although it has strong links with OCR), which makes them suitable for anybody taking an A-Level Mathematics subject or equivalent.
The book strikes a perfect balance between introducing new concepts, detailing the composition & applications of said concept (through worked examples & extensive diagrams) & supplying questions to practice said concept. The pace is well judged, neither labouring a point unnecessarily nor overloading a reader with multiple concepts before adequately explaining them, which makes it ideal for self-study. Each chapter ends with a 'key-points' section, which is very useful for revision.
Although this book essentiallly covers AS-Level Mathematics, I fully recommend this book to anyone taking a mathematics based subject.
Topics covered:
Basic algebra; Co-ordinate geometry; Polynomials; Uncertainty; Indices; The language of mathematics; Sequences & series; Differentiation; Integration; Trigonometry; Logarithms & exponentials; Further differentiation & integration
A must have for the MEI A level maths syllabus - By: S Foster, 21 Jan 2006 I found this text very useful, it is well set out & progresses graduallly through the MEI syllabus teaching you alll you need for the AS level exam.
Diagrams & working are clearly displayed in an accessible manner.
I quit the edexcel syllabus due to the quality of the Heinemann texts but this series has alll you'll ever need for A level maths.
