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Mathematics All Around

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ISBN-10: 0321567978

ISBN-13: 9780321567970

Edition: 4th 2010

Authors: Tom Pirnot

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Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Mathematics All Around, Fourth Edition, is the textbook for todayrsquo;s liberal arts mathematics students. Tom Pirnot presents math in a way that is accessible, interesting, and relevant. Like having a teacher on call, its clear, conversational writing style is enjoyable to read and focuses on helping students understand the math, not just get the correct answers on the test. Useful features throughout the book enable students to become comfortable with thinking about numbers and interpreting the numerical world around them. Problem Solving: Strategies and Principles; Set Theory: Using Mathematics to Classify Objects; Logic: The Study…    
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Book details

List price: $170.67
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Addison Wesley
Publication date: 1/12/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 864
Size: 8.50" wide x 11.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 4.290
Language: English

Problem Solving: Strategies and Principles
Problem Solving
Inductive and Deductive Reasoning
Estimation
Set Theory: Using Mathematics to Classify Objects
The Language of Sets
Comparing Sets
Set Operations
Survey Problems
Looking Deeper: Infinite Sets
Logic: The Study of What's True or False or Somewhere in Between
Statements, Connectives, and Quantifiers
Truth Tables
The Conditional and Biconditional
Verifying Arguments
Using Euler Diagrams to Verify Syllogisms
Looking Deeper: Fuzzy Logic
Graph Theory (Networks): The Mathematics of Relationships
Graphs, Puzzles, and Map Coloring
The Traveling Salesperson Problem
Directed Graphs
Looking Deeper: Scheduling Projects Using PERT
Numeration Systems: Does It Matter How We Name Numbers?
The Evolution of Numeration Systems
Place Value Systems
Calculating in Other Bases
Looking Deeper: Modular Systems
Number Theory and the Real Number System: Understanding the Numbers All Around Us
Number Theory
The Integers
The Rational Numbers
The Real Number System
Exponents and Scientific Notation
Looking Deeper: Sequences
Algebraic Models: How Do We Approximate Reality?
Linear Equations
Modeling with Linear Equations
Modeling with Quadratic Equations
Exponential Equations and Growth
Proportions and Variation
Functions
Looking Deeper: Dynamical Systems
Modeling with Systems of Linear Equations and Inequalities: What's the Best Way to Do It?
Systems of Linear Equations
Systems of Linear Inequalities
Looking Deeper: Linear Programming
Consumer Mathematics: The Mathematics of Everyday Life
Percent
Interest
Consumer Loans
Annuities
Amortization
Personal Finance
Looking Deeper: The Annual Percentage Rate
Geometry: Ancient and Modern Mathematics Embrace
Lines, Angles, and Circles
Polygons
Perimeter and Area
Volume and Surface Area
The Metric System and Dimensional Analysi