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Which university, if you don't mind me asking? Can you share the names of the textbooks?

EliRivers 7y ago
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.
noelwelsh 7y ago
OU = Open University. It's a UK distance learning university. Website is at https://www.open.ac.uk/ 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 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.
strls 7y ago
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/mst124 http://www.openuniversity.edu/courses/modules/mst125 http://www.openuniversity.edu/courses/modules/mst125 Second-hand OU books are usually bought from https://www.universitybooksearch.co.uk/ https://www.universitybooksearch.co.uk/
- learner1215 7y ago
  Could you provide the direct links for the books used in: MST123, MST124, MST125? I could not find them in your links.
  - injb 7y ago
    Search for "Open University MST124" or similar on www.ebay.co.uk or www.amazon.co.uk. There seem to be plenty of copies of 124 available on both at the time of writing.
  - blacksmith_tb 7y ago
    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=mostPopular-desc&b.p=1&b.pp=30&b.oos&b.tile https://www.thriftbooks.com/browse/?b.search=MST124#b.s=most...

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.

noelwelsh 7y ago

OU = Open University. It's a UK distance learning university. Website is at https://www.open.ac.uk/ 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 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.

strls 7y ago

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/mst124 http://www.openuniversity.edu/courses/modules/mst125 http://www.openuniversity.edu/courses/modules/mst125 Second-hand OU books are usually bought from https://www.universitybooksearch.co.uk/ https://www.universitybooksearch.co.uk/

learner1215 7y ago
Could you provide the direct links for the books used in: MST123, MST124, MST125? I could not find them in your links.
- injb 7y ago
  Search for "Open University MST124" or similar on www.ebay.co.uk or www.amazon.co.uk. There seem to be plenty of copies of 124 available on both at the time of writing.
- blacksmith_tb 7y ago
  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=mostPopular-desc&b.p=1&b.pp=30&b.oos&b.tile https://www.thriftbooks.com/browse/?b.search=MST124#b.s=most...