Mathematics for the Liberal Arts Student - Hardcover

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This is an informal approach to mathematics designed to bring an appreciation and working knowledge to the discipline to non-majors. "Chapter 1 shows how complex the most familiar mathematical process— counting— can become, and how a few simple ideas provide the necessary tools. Betting decisions, polls, and quality control lead to the theory of probability and statistical inference in Chapters 2 and 9. Natural Numbers are treated in Chapters 3, 4, and 5, showing students the inherent richness of this most familiar of all mechanical structures. Modular arithmetic is related to card shuffling, and to the frontiers of mathematical research. popular explosion motivates the study of exponential growth in Chapter 6. Related topic range fro radioactive half-life to buying on time. A corner of the veil of mystery surrounding computers is lifted in Chapter 7. Chapter 8 (and the section in Chapter 9 entitled "Liars") investigates common misuses of mathematics. A review of arithmetic is supplied in the Appendix." -- from the front flap. Black imprinted pictorial red cloth hardcover [ - images and description provided by booklars ]

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