Everyday Math for Everyday Life: A Handbook for When It Just Doesn't Add Up
A graduate of Brown University and the University of Wisconsin Law School, Mark Ryan has been teaching math for over 12 years. He runs the Math Center in Winnetka, Illinois, where he teaches high school math courses and a workshop for parents based on his book, The 10 Habits of Highly Successful Math Students. In high school, he twice scored a perfect 800 on the math portion of the SAT, and he not only knows mathematics, he has a gift for explaining it in plain English. You'll enjoy his down-to-earth style, his humor, and his many useful math tips and shortcuts that will enable you to DO THE MATH. A tournament backgammon player and an avid skier and tennis player, he lives in Chicago.