Mathematics Sampler 4ed

by Dale Skrien, Kerry E. Grant, William P. Berlinghoff, et al.

Book Overview

Now in its fifth edition, A Mathematics Sampler presents mathematics as both science and art, focusing on the historical role of mathematics in our culture. It uses selected topics from modern mathematics including computers, perfect numbers, and four-dimensional geometry to exemplify the distinctive features of mathematics as an intellectual endeavor, a problem-solving tool, and a way of thinking about the rapidly changing world in which we live...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1880157233
• ISBN13: 9781880157237
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Ardsley House
• Length: 592 Pages