Bennett, Jeffrey

Using and understanding mathematics: a quantitative reasoning approach for daily living. / Jeffrey Bennett, William Briggs - 3rd ed. - London: Pearson, 2005. - xvi, 739 p. + various pagings : ill. ; 22 cm.

Contents: Thinking critically -- Approaches to problem solving -- Numbers in the real world -- Financial management -- Statistical reasoning -- putting statistics to work -- Probability: living with the odds -- Exponential astonishment -- Modeling our world -- Modeling with geometry -- Mathematics and the arts -- Mathematics and politics -- Mathematics and business --

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