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	The Handy Math Answer Book Without math, how would romance survive? Where would we be without pluses and minuses? Without public opinion and box office tallies? Without measuring cups, calorie counters, or computer technology? More than just a class you tried to avoid, math defines modern life. Around the home, business applications, even theoretical physics.... Everyone uses it, just do the math. Math is too complicated. Math is too hard. Not anymore. The Handy Math Answer Book eliminates the instant headache and helps the many math- challenged among us better understand and enjoy the magic of numbers. You can count on it. From modern-day challenges such as balancing a checkbook, following the stock market, buying a home, and figuring out credit card finance charges to appreciating historical developments like the use of algebra by Mesopotamian mathematicians, The Handy Math Answer Book addresses more than 1,000 questions relating to mathematics. Handy Math provides a complete overview, beginning with the early history--Pythagoras and the music of the spheres, Archimedes and his Eureka! moment in the bathtub, and how some of the first calendars were invented. Catch yourself falling for the gravity of Newton and winding your way around modern-day string theory. Refresh yourself on the basics and fundamentals of algebra, calculus, geometry (including why the word derived from earth measuring), and trigonometry. Organized in sixteen chapters that cluster similar topics in an easily accessible format, Handy Math provides clear and concise explanations to paradoxes, theories, fundamentals of geometry, and other branches of mathematics, plus the numbers we see daily in statistics, financial and market reports, weather forecasts, real estate evaluations, games, and measurements of all kinds. Handy Math's straightforward language is supported by more than 200 charts, graphs, illustrations, and photographs. Author: Thomas E Svarney & Patricia Barnes-Svarney Publisher: Visible Ink Press ISBN: 9781578591718 Format: Paperback Book Online Price: $39.95
	An Introduction to Numerical Analysis Numerical analysis provides the theoretical foundation for the numerical algorithms we rely on to solve a multitude of computational problems in science. Based on a successful course at Oxford University, this book covers a wide range of such problems ranging from the approximation of functions and integrals to the approximate solution of algebraic, transcendental, differential and integral equations. Throughout the book, particular attention is paid to the essential qualities of a numerical algorithm - stability, accuracy, reliability and efficiency. The authors go further than simply providing recipes for solving computational problems. They carefully analyse the reasons why methods might fail to give accurate answers, or why one method might return an answer in seconds while another would take billions of years. This book is ideal as a text for students in the second year of a university mathematics course. It combines practicality regarding applications with consistently high standards of rigour. Author: E. Suli & D.F. Mayers Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 9780521007948 Format: Paperback Book Online Price: $110.00
	Basic Math and Pre-algebra The CliffsStudySolver workbooks combine 20 percent review material with 80 percent practice problems (and the answers!) to help make your lessons stick. CliffsStudySolver Basic Math and Pre Algebra is for students who want to reinforce their knowledge with a learn by doing approach. Inside, you'll get the practice you need to tackle numbers with problem solving tools such as: straightforward, concise reviews of every topic practice problems in every chapter with explanations and solutions a diagnostic pretest to assess your current skills and a full length exam that adapts to your skill level. Beginning with the basics of multiplication, division, and fundamental properties, this workbook ventures into whole numbers, fractions, decimals, percents, and more. You'll explore integers, rational numbers, powers, exponents and measurements, plus details about: estimating products, quotients, sums, and differences finding percent of increase or decrease multiplying positive and negative mixed numbers figuring out bar and circle charts and line graphs dealing with probability and statistics and solving variables, algebraic expressions, and simple equations. Practice makes perfect and whether you're taking lessons or teaching yourself, CliffsStudySolver guides can help you make the grade. Author: Teri Stimmel & Scott Searcy J. White Publisher: John Wiley and Son ISBN: 9780764537646 Format: Paperback Book Online Price: $22.95
	Basic Technical Mathematics with Calculus Metric Version This tried-and-true text from the pioneer of the basic technical mathematics course now has Addison-Wesley's amazing math technologies MyMathLab and MathXL helping students to develop and maintain the math skills they will need in their technical careers. Technical mathematics is a course pioneered by Allyn Washington, and the eighth edition of this text preserves the author's highly regarded approach to technical math, while enhancing the integration of technology in the text. The primary strength of the text is the heavy integration of technical applications, which aids the student in pursuit of a technical career by showing the importance of a strong foundation in algebraic and trigonometric math. Allyn Washington defined the technical math market when he wrote the first edition of Basic Technical Mathematics over forty years ago. His continued vision is to provide highly accurate mathematical concepts based on technical applications. The course is designed to allow the student to be simultaneously enrolled in allied technical areas, such as physics or electronics. The material in the text can be easily rearranged to fit the needs of both instructor and students.Above all, the author's vision of this book is to continue to enlighten today's students that an understanding of elementary math is critical in many aspects of life. Author: Allyn J. Washington Publisher: Pearson Canada, Toronto ISBN: 9780321306890 Format: Hardback Book Online Price: $151.95
	Breakthrough Business Results With MVT The first and only guide to using MVT as a breakthrough management tool MVT (Multivariable Testing) has been heralded as a breakthrough business tool in major publications such as Forbes, the Wall Street Journal, The Economist, and Business-Week. Although MVT could become one of the most widely used management tools and has been applied by leading companies in every industry to create billions of dollars of value-no book on it has been published, until now. In Breakthrough Business Results with MVT, MVT creator and guru Charles Holland shows managers how multivariable testing-an advanced mathematical method that allows simultaneous testing of up to 40 variables-can dramatically improve efficiency and profits in any organization. MVT reveals to managers precisely which factors have a positive impact on any important business decision or process, which have a negative impact, and which have no impact at all. Very often the results are radically counterintuitive. MVT identifies quickly the best ways for a company to make major improvements, such as boosting sales, reducing waste, increasing production, enhancing advertising strategies, or optimizing service levels. Faster and cheaper than other quality improvement methodologies such as Six Sigma, MVT is a natural tool for any organization that wants to reduce the amount of guesswork and politics when making crucial business decisions. In Breakthrough Business Results with MVT, Holland reveals the dramatic benefits that have made true believers of top executives in such companies as Lowe's, Ameritech, Williams-Sonoma, DuPont, Pacific Bell, and Boise, among others. Charles Holland, PhD (Knoxville, TN), is principal and founder of QualPro, Inc., the leading MVT consultancy in the world. QualPro's work has been celebrated in most major business publications, and they have consulted to senior executives at many Fortune 500 companies. QualPro regularly conducts seminars on MVT, and their work has been widely publicized. MVT Author: Charles W. Holland & David Cochran Publisher: John Wiley and Son ISBN: 9780471697718 Format: Hardback Book Online Price: $44.95
	Calculus, Single Variable Combines the aspects of mainstream Calculus teaching with the elements of reform. This book offers exercises and examples (for a total of 7,000 exercises and 1000 examples throughout the book), commentaries ('Beyond Formulas'), and a discussion of differential equations and additional applications of vector calculus. Author: Roland B. Minton & Robert T. Smith Publisher: McGraw Hill Publishers ISBN: 9780073314198 Format: Hardback Book Online Price: $147.95
	Calculus: With MathZone This title is mathematically precise, student-friendly, and features superior technology. Students who have used Smith/Minton's Calculus say it was easier to read than any other math book they've used. That testimony underscores the success of the authors' approach, which combines the best elements of reform with the most reliable aspects of mainstream calculus teaching, resulting in a motivating, challenging book.Smith/Minton also provide exceptional, reality-based applications that appeal to students' interests and demonstrate the elegance of math in the world around us. New features include: a new organization placing all transcendental functions early in the book and consolidating the introduction to L'Hopital's Rule in a single section more concisely written explanations in every chapter many new exercises (for a total of 7,000 throughout the book) that require additional rigor not found in the 2nd Edition new exploratory exercises in every section that challenge students to synthesize key concepts to solve intriguing projects and, new commentaries ('Beyond Formulas') that encourage students to think mathematically beyond the procedures they learn.It features new counterpoints to the historical notes, Today in Mathematics, that stress the contemporary dynamism of mathematical research and applications, connecting past contributions to the present and an enhanced discussion of differential equations and additional applications of vector calculus. Author: Robert T. Smith & Roland B. Minton Publisher: McGraw Hill Publishers ISBN: 9780073229737 Format: Hardback Book Online Price: $219.95
	Codes and Cryptography This textbook unifies the concepts of information, codes and cryptography as first considered by Shannon in his seminal papers on communication and secrecy systems. The book has been the basis of a very popular course in Communication Theory, which the author has given over several years to undergraduate mathematicians and computer scientists at Oxford. The first five chapters of the book cover the fundamental ideas of information theory, compact encoding of messages, and an introduction to the theory of error-correcting codes. After a discussion of mathematical models of English, there is an introduction to the classical Shannon model of cryptography. This is followed by a brief survey of those aspects of computational complexity needed for an understanding of modern cryptography, password systems and authentication techniques. Because the aim of the text is to make this exciting branch of modern applied mathematics available to readers with a wide variety of interests and backgrounds, the mathematical prerequisites have been kept to an absolute minimum. In addition to an extensive bibliography, there are many exercises (easy) and problems together with solutions. Author: Dominic Welsh Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 9780198532873 Format: Paperback Book Online Price: $143.95
	College Algebra with Trigonometry Emphasizes on computational skills, ideas, and problem solving rather than mathematical theory. This book includes worked examples which are followed by matched problems. It contains exercises and applications. Author: Michael R. Ziegler & Karl E. Byleen Raymond A. Barnett Publisher: McGraw Hill Publishers ISBN: 9780073312644 Format: Hardback Book Online Price: $164.95
	The Culture of the Mathematics Classroom The Culture of the Mathematics Classroom is becoming an increasingly salient topic of discussion in mathematics education. Studying and changing what happens in the classroom allows researchers and educators to recognize the social character of mathematical pedagogy and the relationship between the classroom and culture at large. The volume is divided into three sections, reporting findings gained both in research and in practice. The first presents several attempts to change classroom culture by focusing on the education of mathematics teachers and on teacher-researcher collaboration. The second section shifts to the interactive processes of the mathematics classroom and to the communal nature of learning. The third section discusses the means of constructing, filtering, and establishing mathematical knowledge that are characteristic of the classroom culture. As an examination of the social nature of mathematical teaching and learning, the volume should appeal both to educational psychologists and to cultural and social anthropologists and sociologists. The editors have compiled a volume that explores not only the acquisition of mathematical knowledge but the communal character of such knowledge as well. Author: Jvrg Voigt & Ute Waschescio Falk Seeger Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 9780521577984 Format: Paperback Book Online Price: $100.95
	Discrete Mathematics Biggs' Discrete Mathematics has been a best-selling textbook since the first and revised editions were published in 1986 and 1990, respectively. This second edition has been developed in response to undergraduate course changes and changes in students' needs. New to this edition are chapters on statements and proof, logical framework, and natural numbers and the integers, in addition to updated chapters from the previous edition. The new chapters are presented at a level suitable for mathematics and computer science students seeking a first approach to this broad and highly relevant topic. Each chapter contains newly developed tailored exercises, and miscellaneous exercises are presented throughout, providing the student with over 1000 individual tailored exercises. This edition is accompanied by a website containing hints and solutions to all exercises presented in the text, providing an invaluable resource for students and lecturers alike. The book is carefully structured, coherent and comprehensive, and is the ideal text for students seeking a clear introduction to discrete mathematics, graph theory, combinatorics, number theory, coding theory and abstract algebra. Author: Norman Biggs Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 9780198507178 Format: Paperback Book Online Price: $113.95
	Multivariate Analysis of Ecological Data Using CANOCO This book is primarily written for ecologists needing to analyse data resulting from field observations and experiments. It will be particularly useful for students and researchers dealing with complex ecological problems, such as the variation of biotic communities with environmental conditions or the response of biotic communities to experimental manipulation. Following a simple introduction to ordination methods, the text focuses on constrained ordination methods (RDA, CCA) and the use of permutation tests on statistical hypotheses of multivariate data. An overview of classification methods, or modern regression methods (GLM, GAM, loess), is provided and guidance on the correct interpretation of ordination diagrams is given. Seven case studies of varying difficulty help to illustrate the suggested analytical methods, using the Canoco for Windows software. The case studies utilise both the descriptive and manipulative approaches, and they are supported by data sets and project files available from the book website. Author: Jan Leps & Petr Smilauer Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 9780521891080 Format: Paperback Book Online Price: $120.00
	Discrete Mathematics Did you know that games and puzzles have given birth to many of today's deepest mathematical subjects? Now, with Douglas Ensley and Winston Crawley's Introduction to Discrete Mathematics, you can explore mathematical writing, abstract structures, counting, discrete probability, and graph theory, through games, puzzles, patterns, magic tricks, and real world problems. You will discover how new mathematical topics can be applied to everyday situations, learn how to work with proofs, and develop your problem solving skills along the way. Online applications help improve your mathematical reasoning. Highly intriguing, interactive Flash based applications illustrate key mathematical concepts and help you develop your ability to reason mathematically, solve problems, and work with proofs. Explore More icons in the text direct you to online activities. You can improve your grade with the Student Solutions Manual. A supplementary Student Solutions Manual contains more detailed solutions to selected exercises in the text. Author: Dougas E. Ensley & J.Winston Crawley Publisher: John Wiley and Son ISBN: 9780471760979 Format: Paperback Book Online Price: $97.95
	Dynamic Data Assimilation Dynamic data assimilation is the assessment, combination and synthesis of observational data, scientific laws and mathematical models to determine the state of a complex physical system, for instance as a preliminary step in making predictions about the system's behaviour. The topic has assumed increasing importance in fields such as numerical weather prediction where conscientious efforts are being made to extend the term of reliable weather forecasts beyond the few days that are presently feasible. This book is designed to be a basic one-stop reference for graduate students and researchers. It is based on graduate courses taught over a decade to mathematicians, scientists, and engineers, and its modular structure accommodates the various audience requirements. Thus Part I is a broad introduction to the history, development and philosophy of data assimilation, illustrated by examples; Part II considers the classical, static approaches, both linear and nonlinear; and Part III describes computational techniques. Parts IV to VII are concerned with how statistical and dynamic ideas can be incorporated into the classical framework. Key themes covered here include estimation theory, stochastic and dynamic models, and sequential filtering. The final part addresses the predictability of dynamical systems. Chapters end with a section that provides pointers to the literature, and a set of exercises with instructive hints. Author: S. Lakshmivarahan & Sudarshan Dhall John Lewis, B. Doran, E. Lutwak, E. Wutwak & Others Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 9780521851558 Format: Hardback Book Online Price: $325.00
	Fallacies in Mathematics As Dr Maxwell writes in his preface to this book, his aim has been to instruct through entertainment. 'The general theory is that a wrong idea may often be exposed more convincingly by following it to its absurd conclusion than by merely announcing the error and starting again. Thus a number of by-ways appear which, it is hoped, may amuse the professional, and help to tempt back to the subject those who thought they were losing interest.' The standard of knowledge expected is fairly elementary. In most cases a straightforward statement of the fallacious argument is followed by an exposure in which the error is traced to the most elementary source, and this process often leads to an analysis which is often of unexpected depth. Many students will discover just how mathematically minded they are when they read this book nor is that the only discovery they will make. Teachers of mathematics in schools and technical schools, colleges and universities will also be sure to find something here to please them. Author: Edwin Arthur Maxwell Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 9780521026406 Format: Paperback Book Online Price: $29.95
	Fermat's Last Theorem This is the extraordinary story of the solving of a puzzle that has confounded mathematicians since the 17th century. The solution of Fermat's Last Theorem is the most important mathematical development of the 20th century. In 1963, a schoolboy browsing in his local library stumbled across the world's greatest mathematical problem: Fermat's Last Theorem, a puzzle that every child can understand but which has baffled mathematicians for over 300 years. Aged just ten, Andrew Wiles dreamed that he would crack it. Wiles's lifelong obsession with a seemingly simple challenge set by a long-dead Frenchman is an emotional tale of sacrifice and extraordinary determination. In the end, he was forced to work in secrecy and isolation for seven years, harnessing all the power of modern mathematics to achieve his childhood dream. Many before him had tried and failed, including a 18-century philanderer who was killed in a duel, and an 18-century Frenchwoman who had to attend maths lectures at the Ecole Polytechnique disguised as a man. A remarkable story of human endeavour and intellectual brilliance over three centuries, 'Fermat's Last Theorem' will fascinate both specialist and general readers. Author: Stranger Than..., Simon Singh Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers ISBN: 9780007241811 Format: Paperback Book Online Price: $16.99
	Fermat's Last Theorem The story of the solving of a puzzle that has confounded mathematicians since the 17th century. The solution of Fermat's Last Theorem is the most important mathematical development of the 20th century. In 1963, a schoolboy browsing in his local library stumbled across the world's greatest mathematical problem: Fermat's Last Theorem, a puzzle that every child can understand but which has baffled mathematicians for over 300 years. Aged just ten, Andrew Wiles dreamed that he would crack it. Wiles's lifelong obsession with a seemingly simple challenge set by a long-dead Frenchman is an emotional tale of sacrifice and extraordinary determination. In the end, Wiles was forced to work in secrecy and isolation for seven years, harnessing all the power of modern maths to achieve his childhood dream. Many before him had tried and failed, including a 18-century philanderer who was killed in a duel. An 18-century Frenchwoman made a major breakthrough in solving the riddle, but she had to attend maths lectures at the Ecole Polytechnique disguised as a man since women were forbidden entry to the school. Author: Simon Singh Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers ISBN: 9781841157917 Format: Paperback Book Online Price: $24.95
	A Guide to Game Theory Using a wide range of examples and applications the book covers decision problems confronted by firms, employers, unions, footballers, partygoers, politicians, governments, non-governmental organisations and communities.Exercises and activities are embedded in the text of the chapters and additional problems are included at the end of each chapter to test understanding.Realism is introduced into the analysis in a sequential way, enabling you to build on your knowledge and understanding and appreciate the potential uses of the theory.Suitable for those with no prior knowledge of game theory, studying courses related to strategic thinking. Such courses may be a part of a degree programme in business, economics, social or natural sciences.Fiona Carmichael is Senior Lecturer in Economics at the University of Salford. She has a wealth of experience in helping students tackle this potentially daunting yet fascinating subject, as recognised by an LTSN award for 'Outstanding Teaching' on her innovative course in game theory. Author: Fiona Carmichael Publisher: Pearson Education ISBN: 9780273684961 Format: Paperback Book Online Price: $111.95
	Prime Numbers This title presents a fascinating journey into the mind-bending world of prime numbers. Cicadas of the genus Magicicada appear once every 7, 13, or 17 years. Is it just a coincidence that these are all prime numbers? How do twin primes differ from cousin primes, and what on earth (or in the mind of a mathematician) could be sexy about prime numbers? What did Albert Wilansky find so fascinating about his brother-in-law's phone number? Mathematicians have been asking questions about prime numbers for more than twenty-five centuries, and every answer seems to generate a new rash of questions.In Prime Numbers: The Most Mysterious Figures in Math, you'll meet the world's most gifted mathematicians, from Pythagoras and Euclid to Fermat, Gauss, and Erdos, and you'll discover a host of unique insights and inventive conjectures that have both enlarged our understanding and deepened the mystique of prime numbers. This comprehensive, A-to-Z guide covers everything you ever wanted to know - and much more that you never suspected - about prime numbers, including: the unproven Riemann hypothesis and the power of the zeta function the 'Primes is in P' algorithm the sieve of Eratosthenes of Cyrene Fermat and Fibonacci numbers the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search and, much, much more. Author: David Wells Publisher: John Wiley and Son ISBN: 9780471462347 Format: Hardback Book Online Price: $37.95
	A History of Mathematics Boyer and Merzbach distill thousands of years of mathematics into this fascinating chronicle. From the Greeks to Godel, the mathematics is brilliant the cast of characters is distinguished the ebb and flow of ideas is everywhere evident. And, while tracing the development of European mathematics, the authors do not overlook the contributions of Chinese, Indian, and Arabic civilizations. Without doubt, this is - and will long remain - a classic one-volume history of mathematics and mathematicians who create it. - William Dunham Author, Journey Through Genius, The Great Theorems of Mathematics When we read a book like A History of Mathematics, we get the picture of a mounting structure, ever taller and broader and more beautiful and magnificent - and with a foundation, moreover, that is as untainted and as functional now as it was when Thales worked out the first geometrical theorems nearly 26 centuries ago. - From the Foreword by Isaac Asimov One of the most useful and comprehensive general introductions to the subject. - J. W. Dauben The City University of New York Both readable and scholarly, this book can serve as a fine introduction to the topic and also a reference book. - J. David Bolter University of North Carolina Author of Turing's Man Revised to make it more accessible to a general audience, A History of Mathematics paints a vivid picture of humankind's relationship with numbers. Updated and expanded, it now offers broadened coverage of twentieth century advances in probability and computers, and updated references to further reading. A feature that will be of interest to every reader is an appendix containing an extensive chronological table of mathematical and general historical developments. Author: Carl B. Boyer & Uta C. Merzbach, Uta C. Merzbach Publisher: John Wiley and Son ISBN: 9780471543978 Format: Paperback Book Online Price: $59.95