Using & understanding mathematics : a quantitative reasoning approach

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bennett, Jeffrey O. (Author), Briggs, William L. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston, Massachusetts : Addison Wesley , c2011
Edition:5th ed
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Thinking critically
  • 2. Approaches to problem solving
  • 3. Numbers in the real world
  • 4. Managing money
  • 5. Statistical reasoning
  • 6. Putting statistics to work
  • 7. Probability : living with the odds
  • 8. Exponential astonishment
  • 9. Modeling our world
  • 10. Modeling with geometry
  • 11. Mathematics and the arts
  • 12. Mathematics and politics