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Nature of Mathematics (11th Edition)
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 511
EAN: 9780495012726
Edition: 11
ISBN: 0495012726
Label: Brooks Cole
Manufacturer: Brooks Cole
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 1056
Publication Date: September 29, 2006
Publisher: Brooks Cole
Studio: Brooks Cole
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Experience mathematics and hone your problem-solving skills with THE NATURE OF MATHEMATICS and its accompanying online learning tools. The author introduces you to Polya's problem-solving techniques and then shows you how to use these techniques to solve unfamiliar problems. You'll also find coverage of historical topics, and exercise sets that feature problems applied to real world settings. Included with your purchase is access to the CengageNOW, an online tutorial that allows you to work with real math notation in real time, with unlimited practice problems, instant analysis and feedback, and streaming video to illustrate key concepts, as well as Personal Tutor with SMARTHINKING, a live, online mathematics tutoring service.
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Rating:  - Outstanding overview of math for the math phobic
this book is the best I have ever seen - it encompasses all phases of basic math from the stone age to the present in a logical and comprehensive style.
Rating:  - A math text for the masses
This book satisfies the informal definition of the liberal arts "discipline." A little bit about a lot of things, but not too much of any one thing. Which is precisely the targeted audience.
The following topics are covered, and one should preface each with the word elementary: set theory, deductive reasoning, computers, number theory, algebra, the mathematics of finance, geometry, functions, probability, statistics, and mathematical modeling. All presentations are structured so that one ... Read More
Rating: - Need Math this is the book to get!
If you ever wanted to know about Math this is the book to get.
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