"The Method of Coordinates" is one volume in a series of books that
present basic mathematics in a clear and simple form. The book describes
a way of transferring images into formulas, describing pictures by
numbers. The content is fundamental to the study of calculus and other
mathematical topics. All through this volume, one finds a careful
description of the step-by-step thinking process that leads up to the
correct definition of a concept or to an argument that clinches in the
proof of a theorem. High school students or teachers, reading this book
will learn an enormous amount of good mathematics. More importantly,
they would also get a glimpse of how mathematics is done.