Common activities, such as skipping, playing football, growing flowers, measuring saving accounts and many others are inherently mathematical. The text is centred on real-world phenomenon, such as how tall can one grow? Why do we get stuck in traffic? Can California water shortages be alleviated by towing icebergs from Antarctica? What is the fastest the 100-metre dash will ever be run? This text uses math and reasoning together, to produce models to explain everything from the federal debt to the proper technique for ski-jumping.
- ISBN10 0069102856
- ISBN13 9780069102853
- Publish Date 1 July 2002 (first published 20 December 1998)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Princeton Press Publishers
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 344
- Language English