Description: About this productProduct InformationWith a Foreword by Martin Gardner Supplements: Instructor's Guide/Transparency Masters/Printed and Computerized (Mac and IBM) Test Banks/Student Workbook Product IdentifiersPublisherFreeman & Company, W&HISBN-10071672426xISBN-139780716724261eBay Product ID (ePID)9038723666Product Key FeaturesAuthorHarold R. JacobsPublication NameMathematics: a Human EndeavorFormatHardcoverLanguageEnglishPublication Year1994TypeStudy GuideNumber of Pages704 PagesDimensionsItem Length10.3inItem Height1.3inItem Width7.8inItem Weight48.7 OzAdditional Product FeaturesLc Classification NumberQa93.J33 1994Grade fromSeventh GradeGrade toTwelfth GradeEdition Number3Table of Content1. Mathematical Ways of Thinking The Path of the Billiard Ball More Billiard-Ball Mathematics Inductive Reasoning: Finding and Extending Patterns The Limitations of Inductive Reasoning Deductive Reasoning: Mathematical Proof Number Tricks and Deductive Reasoning 2. Number Sequences Arithmetic Sequences Geometric Sequences The Binary Sequence The Sequence of Squares The Sequence of Cubes Fibonacci Sequence 3. Functions and Their Graphs The Idea of a Function Descartes and the Coordinate Graph Functions with Line Graphs Functions with Parabolic Graphs More Functions with Curved Graphs Interpolation and Extrapolation: Guessing Between and Beyond 4. Large Numbers and Logarithms Large Numbers Scientific Notation An Introduction to Logarithms Decimal Logarithms Logarithms and Scientific Notation Exponential Functions 5. Symmetry and Regular Figures Symmetry Regular Polygons Mathematical Mosaics Regular Polyhedra Pyramids and Prisms 6. Mathematical Curves The Circle and the Ellipse The Parabola The Hyperbola The Sine Curve Spirals The Cycloid 7. Methods of Counting The Fundamental Counting Principle Permutations More on Permutations Combinations 8. The Mathematics of Chance Probability: The Measure of Chance Dice Games and Probability Probabilities of Successive Events Binomial Probability Pascal''s Triangle Independent and Dependent Events The Birthday Problem: Complimentary Events 9. An Introduction to Statistics Organizing Data: Frequency Distributions The Breaking of Ciphers and Codes: An Application of Statistics Measures of Central Tendency Measures of Variability Displaying Data: Statistical Graphs Collecting Data: Sampling 10. Topics in Topology The Mathematics of Distortion The Seven Bridges of Konigsberg: An Introduction to Networks Euler Paths Trees The Moebius Strip and Other Surfaces Appendix: Basic Ideas and Operations Angles and Their Measurement The Distributive Rule Signed Numbers Percent Answers to Selected Exercises IndexCopyright Date1994Target AudienceElementary/High SchoolEducational LevelHigh School, Elementary SchoolTopicGeneral, EssaysLccn93-037458Dewey Decimal510Dewey Edition19IllustratedYesGenreMathematics
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Educational Level: High School, Elementary School
Number of Pages: 704 Pages
Publication Name: Mathematics: a Human Endeavor
Language: English
Publisher: Freeman & Company, W&H
Subject: General, Essays
Publication Year: 1994
Item Height: 1.3 in
Item Weight: 48.7 Oz
Type: Study Guide
Subject Area: Mathematics
Item Length: 10.3 in
Author: Harold R. Jacobs
Item Width: 7.8 in
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