Teach Yourself
Encyclopedia
Teach Yourself is an imprint of Hodder Education that specializes in self-instruction books. The series is most famous for its language education books, but its titles in mathematics (including algebra
and calculus
) are also best sellers, and the series covers a great deal of other subjects as well.
Like many similar series, the Teach Yourself series has always used a common design for all of its books. Most older titles are covered with a distinctive yellow and blue dust jacket, but over the years the publisher has changed the cover design several times, using an all-blue paperback format during the 1980s, a larger photographic or painted front cover with a black stripe containing the title in the 1990s, and recently adopting a yellow rounded rectangle with a black border as their primary logo in the 21st century. For 2010, the books have had a total redesign, and for the first time will be printed in colour. The website has been revamped to coincide with the "relaunch".
The Teach Yourself books were published from 1938 until 1973 by the English Universities Press. Most titles published during the Second World War were aimed at helping the British nation survive as well as improving knowledge in the subjects that would improve the war effort. The books in the Teach Yourself language series prior to 1973 were published in a hardback format and emphasized the mastery of grammar.
The books in the Teach Yourself language series since 1974 are published in a paperback format and emphasize the mastery of basic conversational skills.
Books in the Teach Yourself series have been published by Hodder & Stoughton
since 1974, who shifted the format of the books to trade paperbacks. They are now available around the Anglophone world and cover numerous subjects, from the series' traditional strength in language education (including multimedia packages) to computers, games, and other crafts and hobbies.
The company now specialises in self-instruction courses through books, records, cassettes, compact discs, and multimedia.
Algebra
Algebra is the branch of mathematics concerning the study of the rules of operations and relations, and the constructions and concepts arising from them, including terms, polynomials, equations and algebraic structures...
and calculus
Calculus
Calculus is a branch of mathematics focused on limits, functions, derivatives, integrals, and infinite series. This subject constitutes a major part of modern mathematics education. It has two major branches, differential calculus and integral calculus, which are related by the fundamental theorem...
) are also best sellers, and the series covers a great deal of other subjects as well.
Like many similar series, the Teach Yourself series has always used a common design for all of its books. Most older titles are covered with a distinctive yellow and blue dust jacket, but over the years the publisher has changed the cover design several times, using an all-blue paperback format during the 1980s, a larger photographic or painted front cover with a black stripe containing the title in the 1990s, and recently adopting a yellow rounded rectangle with a black border as their primary logo in the 21st century. For 2010, the books have had a total redesign, and for the first time will be printed in colour. The website has been revamped to coincide with the "relaunch".
The books in the Teach Yourself language series since 1974 are published in a paperback format and emphasize the mastery of basic conversational skills.
Books in the Teach Yourself series have been published by Hodder & Stoughton
Hodder & Stoughton
Hodder & Stoughton is a British publishing house, now an imprint of Hachette.-History:The firm has its origins in the 1840s, with Matthew Hodder's employment, aged fourteen, with Messrs Jackson and Walford, the official publisher for the Congregational Union...
since 1974, who shifted the format of the books to trade paperbacks. They are now available around the Anglophone world and cover numerous subjects, from the series' traditional strength in language education (including multimedia packages) to computers, games, and other crafts and hobbies.
The company now specialises in self-instruction courses through books, records, cassettes, compact discs, and multimedia.