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Math for Life: Crucial Ideas You Didn´t Learn in School
Jeffrey Bennett
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Description for Math for Life: Crucial Ideas You Didn´t Learn in School
Hardback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: PB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 452.
How can we solve the national debt crisis? Should you or your child take on a student loan? Is it safe to talk on a cell phone while driving? Are there viable energy alternatives to fossil fuels? What could you do with a billion dollars? Could simple policy changes reduce political polarization? These questions may all seem very different, but they share two things in common. First, they are all questions with important implications for either personal success or our success as a nation. Second, they all concern topics that we can fully understand only with the aid of clear ... Read more
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Publisher
Big Kid Science United States
Number of pages
216
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
451 g
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Boulder, CO, United States
ISBN
9781937548360
SKU
V9781937548360
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99-50
About Jeffrey Bennett
Jeffrey Bennett is an astrophysicist and educator who proposed the idea for and helped develop the Voyage Scale Model Solar System -- the first science-oriented exhibit approved for permanent installation on the National Mall in Washington, DC. He is the lead author of best-selling college textbooks in four distinct disciplines: astronomy, mathematics, statistics, and astrobiology. He lives in Boulder, Colorado. ... Read more
Reviews for Math for Life: Crucial Ideas You Didn´t Learn in School
"An insightful look at the crucial role mathematics plays in understanding the complexities of today's society. . . . The author's pleasant, conversational style shows that such insight can be developed without obscure or high-level computation. . . . Any reader, but especially parents, politicians, and professional educators, would benefit from reading this book. Summing up: Highly recommended. All levels/libraries." ... Read more