Thinking Mathematically: International Edition - Softcover

Blitzer, Robert F.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0321692357 ISBN 13: 9780321692351

Publisher: Pearson, 2010

Synopsis

This general survey of mathematical topics helps a diverse audience, with different backgrounds and career plans, to understand mathematics. Blitzer provides the applications and technology readers need to gain an appreciation of mathematics in everyday life.

Demonstrates how mathematics can be applied to readers’ lives in interesting, enjoyable, and meaningful ways. Features abundant, step-by-step, annotated Examplesthat provide a problem-solving approach to reach the solution; annotations are conversational in tone, explaining key steps and ideas as the problem is solved. Begins each section with a compelling vignette highlighting an everyday scenario, posing a question about it, and exploring how the chapter section subject can be applied to answer the question.

A highly readable reference for anyone who needs to brush up their mathematics skills.

About this title

From the Back Cover

.Blitzer continues to raise the bar with his engaging applications developed to motivate readers from diverse majors and backgrounds.Thinking Mathematically, Fifth Edition, draws from the author's unique background in art, psychology, and math to present math in the context of real-world applications.

Problem Solving and Critical Thinking; Set Theory; Logic; Number Representation and Calculation; Number Theory and the Real Number System; Algebra: Equations and Inequalities; Algebra: Graphs, Functions, and Linear Systems; Consumer Mathematics and Financial Management; Measurement; Geometry; Counting Methods and Probability Theory; Statistics; Mathematical Systems; Voting and Apportionment; Graph Theory.

For all readers interested in liberal arts mathematics, quantitative reasoning, finite mathematics, and mathematics for education.

About the Author

Bob Blitzer is a native of Manhattan and received a Bachelor of Arts degree with dual majors in mathematics and psychology (minor: English literature) from the City College of New York. His unusual combination of academic interests led him toward a Master of Arts in mathematics from the University of Miami and a doctorate in behavioral sciences from Nova University. Bob's love for teaching mathematics was nourished for nearly 30 years at Miami Dade College, where he received numerous teaching awards, including Innovator of the Year from the League for Innovations in the Community College and an endowed chair based on excellence in the classroom. In addition to Thinking Mathematically, Bob has written textbooks covering introductory algebra, college algebra, algebra and trigonometry, and precalculus, all published by Prentice Hall. When not secluded in his Northern California writer's cabin, Bob can be found hiking the beaches and trails of Point Reyes National Seashore, and tending to the chores required by his beloved entourage of horses, chickens, and irritable roosters.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0321692357
• ISBN 13: 9780321692351
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 886