Mathematics: A Practical Odyssey

Students discover the many ways in which mathematics is relevant to their lives with MATHEMATICS: A PRACTICAL ODYSSEY, 8th Edition and its accompanying online resources. They master problem-solving skills in such areas as calculating interest and understanding voting systems, and come to recognize the relevance of mathematics and to appreciate its creative human aspect.

Author: David B. Johnson, Thomas A. Mowry
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Published: 01/01/2015
Pages: 1024
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 4.60lbs
Size: 10.90h x 8.50w x 1.40d
ISBN: 9781305104174

About the Author
Johnson, David B.: - David Johnson earned a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics and a Bachelor's degree in Psychology (with an emphasis on Learning Theory), from the University of California at Santa Cruz, and a Master's degree in Mathematics from the University of California at Berkeley. After several years working as an academic counselor at Berkeley, he became a Professor of Mathematics at Diablo Valley College (DVC). He has taught DVC's liberal arts math course regularly for about 25 years, using Mathematics a Practical Odyssey. Other favorite courses include Intermediate Algebra, all three semesters of Calculus, and Differential Equations.Mowry, Thomas A.: - Thomas Mowry earned a Bachelor's degree and a Master's degree in Mathematics from Michigan Technological University, in Houghton, Michigan. He began his college teaching career at City College of San Francisco and then went on to teach at San Francisco State University, Golden Gate University, and Cogswell College. He has been a professor of mathematics at Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, California since 1985, where he has taught the complete gamut of courses from arithmetic to differential equations. He has served as department chair at DVC for the last seven years. Along with co-author, David Johnson, he created a college-level, transferable mathematics course (at DVC ) designed for students in the liberal arts. As no appropriate textbooks were available for this course, he and David created Mathematics: A Practical Odyssey, which was first published in 1992.

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