Mathematical Mystery Tour Volume I - Softcover

Fulton, Dr James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1503075249 ISBN 13: 9781503075245

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

Synopsis

This is a textbook for a liberals arts mathematics course. It covers material to give an appreciation for what mathematics is and how it is used. It provides a historical, philosophical, psychological, and conceptual approach to the subject. It covers the basics of number and number systems from the naturals to the complex, it also covers reasoning from propositional to symbolic, as well as fuzzy logic. The purpose is to provide a connected and purposeful overview of what mathematics is and how it has shaped civilization. We pose and consider many unanswered questions to motivate the material and the student.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1503075249
• ISBN 13: 9781503075245
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 427