Description: eBay provided description: An engaging survey of the fundamental concepts of mathematics and the many ways math is used in everyday life. This is a stimulating and simple reintroduction to all the math we all learned in high school but have forgotten, using many examples of how math applies to the real world. Highlights the math topics that are most relevant to everyday concerns, such as how statistics can be misleading and how interest on savings accounts accrues at different interest rates. Also explores the most fundamental mysteries and amazing properties, such as why two negative numbers multiplied together make a positive number and why fractions can be easily multiplied but not easily added. Uses a multitude of examples from real life such as how extremely large numbers are used to write unbreakable computer codes and how the slope of a curve is used by biologists to calculate the rate of growth of species. It walks the reader step by step through simple solutions to each problem explored.
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Location: Woodland, California
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Personalized: No
Educational Level: Adult & Further Education, High School, Middle School
Level: Intermediate
Features: requires only basic arithmetic & geometry
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Number of Pages: 288 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Strength in Numbers : Discovering the Joy and Power of Mathematics in Everyday Life
Publisher: Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
Subject: General
Item Height: 0.7 in
Publication Year: 1999
Item Weight: 16.2 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 9 in
Subject Area: Mathematics, Science
Author: Sherman K. Stein
Item Width: 6.3 in
Format: Trade Paperback
