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Mathematics Sampler: Topics for Liberal-Arts

Brand: Ardsley House Pub

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UPC:
9781880157022
Maximum Purchase:
2 units
Binding:
Hardcover
Publication Date:
1992-06-22
Author:
William Berlinghoff;Kerry E. Grant
Language:
english
Edition:
3rd
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A Mathematics Sampler presents mathematics as both science and art, focusing on the historical role of mathematics in our culture. It uses selected topics from modern mathematics including computers, perfect numbers, and four-dimensional geometry to exemplify the distinctive features of mathematics as an intellectual endeavor, a problem-solving tool, and a way of thinking about the rapidly changing world in which we live.