The second edition of THE MATHEMATICAL PALETTE continues to make mathematics enjoyable, relevant, understandable, and informative for liberal arts students. The text stresses learning mathematics through discovery and applications, rather than learning about mathematical ideas. An emphasis on developing students' problem-solving skills generates a positive attitude towards mathematics and encourages an appreciation of its beauty and power. The history of mathematics and its mathemeticians is presented along with numerous, everyday applications to illustrate the evolution and practicality of math and parallel the creativity of liberal arts majors. Features: * Each chapter is a self-contained unit that may be presented in any order depending on instructors' preferences and students' need, making custom publishing an ideal option. * A variety of mathematics topics are presented in a straighforward, interesting manner and are designed expressly for the liberal arts student, not a mathematician. * A brief history section in each chapter details the development of mathematics and introduces students to important dates, mathematicians, and events.
* "Check Your Reading" questions, immediately following the history sections, relate mathematical events to other historical milestones. * "Research" questions and projects serve as an ideal source for written response and group cooperative learning experiences. They encourage students to look at mathematics from a human perspective. * "Chapter Summaries" provide a comprehensive review of the key terms, concepts, objectives, and formulas from the chapter. "Summary Problems" review and reinforce chapter skills. * Consistent use of a scientific calculator is promoted in an effort to reduce the drudgery of pencil and paper computation. New to This Edition * Problem sets are now organized into "Explain-Apply-Explore" categories. The "Explain" questions ask the student to give written answers explaining the what, how, or why for the topics covered in the section. The "Apply" problems ask the student to solve problems with a direct application of the methods presented in the section. The "Explore" exercises challenge the student to go beyond the basic problems by exploring other realworld applications and implications of the concepts in the section.
* Each chapter begins with an "Overview" that describes and introduces the chapter and an "Interview" with a successful professional that supports the importance of studying the mathematics in the chapter and its application to the real world. New to this edition: * Problem sets are now organized into "Explain-Apply-Explore" categories. The "Explain" questions ask the student to give written answers explaining the what, how, or why for the topics covered in the section. The "Apply" problems ask the student to solve problems with a direct application of the methods presented in the section. The "Explore" exercises challenge the student to go beyond the basic problems by exploring other realworld applications and implications of the concepts in the section. * Each chapter begins with an "Overview" that describes and introduces the chapter and an "Interview" with a successful professional that supports the importance of studying the mathematics in the chapter and its application to the real world. *
- ISBN10 0534253377
- ISBN13 9780534253370
- Publish Date 1 December 2006 (first published 30 August 1994)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Thomson Brooks/Cole
- Edition 4th ed.
- Format Hardcover
- Language English