Contemporary College Algebra: A Graphing Approach (with CD-ROM, Make the Grade, and InfoTrac) - Hardcover

Hungerford, Thomas W.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0534432328 ISBN 13: 9780534432324

Publisher: Brooks Cole, 2000

Synopsis

Intended to provide a flexible approach to the college algebra curriculum that emphasizes real-world applications, this text integrates technology into the presentation without making it an end in itself, and is suitable for a variety of audiences. Mathematical concepts are presented in an informal manner that stresses meaningful motivation, careful explanations, and numerous examples, with an ongoing focus on real-world problem solving. Pedagogical elements including chapter opening applications, graphing explorations, technology tips, calculator investigations, and discovery projects are some of the tools students will use to master the material and begin applying the mathematics to solve real-world problems. CONTEMPORARY COLLEGE ALGEBRA includes a full review of basic algebra in Chapter 0. All of the (non-trigonometry) topics needed in calculus are covered here in sufficient detail to prepare a student for a business/social science calculus course. (The companion volume, CONTEMPORARY COLLEGE ALGEBRA AND TRIGONOMETRY, (see page XX) includes everything in this book and full coverage of trigonometry to prepare students for the standard science/engineering calculus sequence.) Those who are familiar with the author's Contemporary Precalculus should note that this book covers topics in a different order, and with a slower, gentle approach. Also, more drill exercises are included.

About this title

About the Author

Thomas W. Hungerford received his M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. He has taught at the University of Washington and at Cleveland State University, and is now at St. Louis University. His research fields are algebra and mathematics education. He is the author of many notable books for undergraduate and graduate level courses. In addition to ABSTRACT ALGEBRA: AN INTRODUCTION, these include: ALGEBRA (Springer, Graduate Texts in Mathematics, #73. 1974); MATHEMATICS WITH APPLICATIONS, Tenth Edition (Pearson, 2011; with M. Lial and J. Holcomb); and CONTEMPORARY PRECALCULUS, Fifth Edition (Cengage, 2009; with D. Shaw).

Edition details

• Publisher: Brooks Cole
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0534432328
• ISBN 13: 9780534432324
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 736