The Heart of Mathematics: An Invitation to Effective Thinking Hardcover - 2012
by Burger, Edward B
- Used
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- Title The Heart of Mathematics: An Invitation to Effective Thinking
- Author Burger, Edward B
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition [ Edition: fourt
- Condition UsedAcceptable
- Pages 928
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Wiley, U.S.A.
- Date 2012-12
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents, Textbook
- Bookseller's Inventory # 4E5OAW001KWE
- ISBN 9781118156599 / 1118156595
- Weight 3.8 lbs (1.72 kg)
- Dimensions 10.3 x 7.9 x 1.3 in (26.16 x 20.07 x 3.30 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Mathematics
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2013371157
- Dewey Decimal Code 510
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From the rear cover
What mathematics can offer students: an enriched and transformed life. --A note from the authors, Edward B. Burger and Michael Starbird
Mathematicians encounter surprising and fascinating ideas such as infinity, chaos, fractals, the fourth dimension, rubber sheet geometry, coincidences, and other intriguing topics on a daily basis. These ideas portray effective strategies in everyday thinking that add value to how people make real-life decisions in areas of love and business to art and politics. We wrote The Heart of Mathematics: An Invitation to Effective Thinking to make truly big and beautiful ideas accessible to all students and to give instructors the chance to offer their students delectable math morsels.
Reactions to The Heart of Mathematics: An Invitation to Effective Thinking
FROM FACULTY:
- "Heart of Mathematics is easily the best liberal arts math textbook I've ever used." --Shippensburg University
- "This is very possibly the best mathematics for the non-mathematician book that I've seen." --American Mathematical Monthly
- "For me this book has changed our 'liberal arts math class' from a dreaded assignment to something that is lively and interesting every time." --Buffalo State College
FROM STUDENTS:
- "This is far and away the best mathematics textbook I've ever used."
- "This class was not like any other math class. It allowed me to become creative and imaginative."
- "This math book is incredible. It teaches you math in the purest sense of the word. Also, it was funny and challenging."
The goal of education is to improve students' ability to think, and The Heart of Mathematics does just that--inviting students to think about how mind-changing ideas can transform lives.
