The Art And Craft of Problem Solving

Zeitz, Paul

ISBN 10: 0471789011 / ISBN 13: 9780471789017

Published by John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2006

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Clean Unmarked Copy with an Un-Creased Spine & Strong Binding that has been Carefully Read & shows Minimal Signs of Use ~ Light Rubbing Along Page Edges & Corners ~ Cover has Light Edge Rubbing, Slightly Worn Corners & Light Laminate Scuffing that does not cut into color ** Amazon picture is not accurate **.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Art And Craft of Problem Solving
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471789011
• ISBN 13: 9780471789017
• Binding: paperback
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

The newly revised Second Edtion of this distinctive text uniquely blends interesting problems with strategies, tools, and techniques to develop mathematical skill and intuition necessary for problem solving. Readers are encouraged to do math rather than just study it. The author draws upon his experience as a coach for the International Mathematics Olympiad to give students an enhanced sense of mathematics and the ability to investigate and solve problems.

About the Author

Paul Zeitz studied history at Harvard and received a Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of California, Berkeley. He currently is an associate professor at the University of San Francisco. He won the USA Mathematical Olympiad (USAMO) and was a member of the first American team to participate in the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) in 1974. Since 1985, he has composed and edited problems for several national math contests, including the USAMO and helped train several American IMO teams, most notably the 1994 "Dream Team" which, for the first time in history, achieved a perfect score. In 2003, he received the Deborah Tepper Haimo award, a national teaching award for college and university math, given by the Math Association of America.