00887nam a22001577a 4500008004100000020001500041050001500056100002100071245012800092250001200220260002900232300005400261505037600315650001800691700002000709120605t        xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a0321227735  aQA39.3.B46  aBennett, Jeffrey  aUsing and understanding mathematics: a quantitative reasoning approach for daily living. /cJeffrey Bennett, William Briggs  a3rd ed.  aLondon:bPearson,c2005.  axvi, 739 p. + various pagings :b ill. ; c22 cm.  aContents: 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 --   aMathematics.   aBriggs, William