Using and understanding mathematics
Subtitle: a quantitative reasoning approach
By: Jeffrey O. Bennett, William L. Briggs.
Contributors: Briggs, William L.
Edition: 5th ed.
Publisher: Pearson Addison Wesley
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Subjects: Mathematics -- Textbooks
Genres: Textbooks
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Thinking critically; title: Approaches to problem solving; title: Numbers in the real world; title: Managing money; title: Statistical reasoning; title: Putting statistics to work; title: Probability : living with the odds; title: Exponential astonishment; title: Modeling our world; title: Modeling with geometry; title: Mathematics and the arts; title: Mathematics and politics.