Why Math? (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics)
Publisher: Springer
Published: December 19, 1994
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9780387944272
First sentence: Hardly any "practical" mathematics can be done at an elementary level unless one is comfortable with arithmetic.
Description: Why Math? is designed for a "general education" mathematics course. It helps develop the basic mathematical literacy now generally demanded of liberal arts students. Requiring only a little background knowledge of algebra and geometry - no more than the minimum entrance requirements at most colleges - the book emphasizes quantitative reasoning and critical thinking for real life problems. In a concrete and relevant way, using extensive motivation from everyday problems, Why Math? shows what one can do with elementary mathematics and how to do it.