Mathematics: A Practical Odyssey (6th Edition) - Hardcover

Johnson, David B.; Mowry, Thomas A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0495605549 ISBN 13: 9780495605546

Publisher: Brooks Cole, 2006

Synopsis

Discover the many ways mathematics is relevant to your life with MATHEMATICS: A PRACTICAL ODYSSEY and its accompanying online resources. You'll 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 human aspect. Included with your purchase is access to the CengageNOW, an online tutorial that allows you to work with real math notation in real time, with unlimited practice problems, instant analysis and feedback, and streaming video to illustrate key concepts and Personal Tutor with SMARTHINKING a live, online mathematics tutor.

About this title

About the Author:

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.

Review:

"Exercises in the text...provide the students with the opportunity to develop skills and conceptual understanding."

"The three greatest strengths are: 'variety of exercises,' 'current/relevant examples,' and 'variety of topics to chose from.'"

About this edition

• Publisher: Brooks Cole
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0495605549
• ISBN 13: 9780495605546
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 1008