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The second edition of THE MATHEMATICAL PALETTE continues to make mathematics enjoyable, relevant, understandable, and informative for liberal arts students. The text stresses learning mathematics through discovery and applications, rather than learning about mathematical ideas. An emphasis on developing students' problem-solving skills generates a positive attitude towards mathematics and encourages an appreciation of its beauty and power. The history of mathematics and its mathemeticians is presented along with numerous, everyday applications to illustrate the evolution and practicality of math and parallel the creativity of liberal arts majors. Features: * Each chapter is a self-contained unit that may be presented in any order depending on instructors' preferences and students' need, making custom publishing an ideal option. * A variety of mathematics topics are presented in a straighforward, interesting manner and are designed expressly for the liberal arts student, not a mathematician. * A brief history section in each chapter details the development of mathematics and introduces students to important dates, mathematicians, and events. * "Check Your Reading" questions, immediately following the history sections, relate mathematical events to other historical milestones. * "Research" questions and projects serve as an ideal source for written response and group cooperative learning experiences. They encourage students to look at mathematics from a human perspective. * "Chapter Summaries" provide a comprehensive review of the key terms, concepts, objectives, and formulas from the chapter. "Summary Problems" review and reinforce chapter skills. * Consistent use of a scientific calculator is promoted in an effort to reduce the drudgery of pencil and paper computation. New to This Edition * Problem sets are now organized into "Explain-Apply-Explore" categories. The "Explain" questions ask the student to give written answers explaining the what, how, or why for the topics covered in the section. The "Apply" problems ask the student to solve problems with a direct application of the methods presented in the section. The "Explore" exercises challenge the student to go beyond the basic problems by exploring other realworld applications and implications of the concepts in the section. * Each chapter begins with an "Overview" that describes and introduces the chapter and an "Interview" with a successful professional that supports the importance of studying the mathematics in the chapter and its application to the real world. New to this edition: * Problem sets are now organized into "Explain-Apply-Explore" categories. The "Explain" questions ask the student to give written answers explaining the what, how, or why for the topics covered in the section. The "Apply" problems ask the student to solve problems with a direct application of the methods presented in the section. The "Explore" exercises challenge the student to go beyond the basic problems by exploring other realworld applications and implications of the concepts in the section. * Each chapter begins with an "Overview" that describes and introduces the chapter and an "Interview" with a successful professional that supports the importance of studying the mathematics in the chapter and its application to the real world. *

Table of Contents:
What's in a Number? - Modeling with Algebra - Geometry and Art - Sets, Logic, And Flowcharts - Trigonometry: A Door to the Unmeasurable - Finance Matters - Probability and the Games People Play - Statistics and Voting - From Fingers to the Computer - Calculus and the Infinitesimal.

About the Author :
Ronald Staszkow was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, graduated from St. Louis High School, received a bachelors degree in mathematics from St. Marys College in Moraga, CA, and received a masters degree in math education at the University of California - Santa Barbara. He holds a Certificate in Developmental Education from Appalachian State, NC, and Lifetime California Credentials in Secondary Teaching Community College Teaching, and Community College Supervision. After 11 years as a mathematics teacher and track/cross country coach at De La Salle High School in Concord, CA, he has been a full time instructor at Ohlone College, Fremont, CA and specializes in developmental mathematics. He designed the Ohlone College Mathematics Learning Center and created the Math for Liberal Arts Students course at Ohlone College. Robert Bradshaw is Professor of Mathematics at Ohlone College.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780030008979
  • Publisher: Cengage Learning, Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: Brooks/Cole
  • Edition: Revised edition
  • Language: English
  • Weight: 1474 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0030008972
  • Publisher Date: 30 Aug 1994
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Height: 241 mm
  • Returnable: N
  • Width: 210 mm


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