Mathematics: A Practical Odyssey, 2nd Printing

David B. Johnson, Thomas A. Mowry

Brooks/Cole, 2006 - Mathematics - 1008 pages

Discover the many ways mathematics is relevant to your life with MATHEMATICS: A PRACTICAL ODYSSEY and its accompanying online resources. You'll master problem solving skills in such areas as calculating interest and understanding voting systems and come to recognize the relevance of mathematics and to appreciate its human aspect. Included with your purchase is access to the CengageNOW, an online tutorial that allows you to work with real math notation in real time, with unlimited practice problems, instant analysis and feedback, and streaming video to illustrate key concepts and Personal Tutor with SMARTHINKING a live, online mathematics tutor.

About the author

David Johnson earned a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics and a Bachelor's degree in Psychology (with an emphasis on Learning Theory), from the University of California at Santa Cruz, and a Master's degree in Mathematics from the University of California at Berkeley. After several years working as an academic counselor at Berkeley, he became a Professor of Mathematics at Diablo Valley College (DVC). He has taught DVC's liberal arts math course regularly for about 25 years, using Mathematics a Practical Odyssey. Other favorite courses include Intermediate Algebra, all three semesters of Calculus, and Differential Equations.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Mathematics: A Practical Odyssey, 2nd Printing; Available 2010 Titles Enhanced Web Assign Series
• Authors: David B. Johnson, Thomas A. Mowry
• Edition: 6
• Publisher: Brooks/Cole, 2006
• ISBN: 0495605549, 9780495605546
• Length: 1008 pages
• Subjects: Mathematics / Algebra / Elementary; Mathematics / Applied; Mathematics / General