This textbook teaches everyday mathematics topics to non-math majors at the undergraduate level. Through numerous examples and more than 600 exercises, students learn how to use math seamlessly in a variety of practical areas, from conversion factors, statistics, visualization, money, and risk to games, art, music, and humor. The text develops a logical, real-world approach to data and reasoning. Real-life stories in each chapter capture students' interest and motivate them to work through the math. Ancillaries are available on the author's website.
Autorentext
Jason I Brown
Inhalt
List of Figures, List of Tables, Preface, Acknowledgments, Introduction, I The Math in Your Life, 1 Health, Safety and Mathematics, 2 Making Sense of Your World with Statistics, 3 Visualizing with Mathematics, 4 Money and Risk, II The Life in Your Math!, 5 Deciding to Make the Best Decisions, 6 Art Imitating Math, 7 Mathematics of Sound (and the Sound of Mathematics), 8 Late Night Mathematics-Humor and Philosophy, Bibliography, Index