Nature of Mathematics - Hardcover

Smith, Karl J.

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Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0534349889 ISBN 13: 9780534349882

Publisher: Brooks/Cole, 1998

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This edition marks the 23rd anniversary of the publication of this book. Since the first edition, this text has helped liberal arts students experience mathematics rather than just do problems, and become involved with the concepts rather than just get the right answers. Now in its eighth edition, this text goes farther in helping students master mathematics. An emphasis on problem solving and estimation, new problems coupled with numerous in-text study aids, and a student-friendly writing style are designed to give readers the confidence and ability to function in the technological world.

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"My overall feeling is the ideas presented in the preface, especially the focus on problem solving, pervade the entire book. The author succeeds in trying to reduce anxiety about the course by presenting topics and ideas that are fresh and relevant without begin out of reach of the student."

About the Author:

Karl Smith is professor emeritus at Santa Rosa Junior College in Santa Rosa, California. He has written over 36 mathematics textbooks and believes that students can learn mathematics if it is presented to them through the use of concrete examples designed to develop original thinking, abstraction, and problem-solving skills. Over one million students have learned mathematics from Karl Smith's textbooks.

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