Sherman K Stein
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Joy and power in math? Of course! As well as practicality, versatility, simplicity ... and fun. Strength in Numbers offers a highly entertaining exploration of the math we use in our daily lives - from calculating mortgage payments, to choosing credit card rates, to deciphering statistics. As award-winning teacher and author Sherman Stein reveals, math is much more than "a collection of procedures to calculate numbers." It is an essential tool with...
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There is a long tradition of geometric questions requiring algebra for their answers. The oldest go back to the Greeks, such as "Can we construct a square with the same area as that of a given disk?" many of which were not resolved until mathematicians concluded that [lowercase Greek]Pi is transcendental. There are many questions that appear to focus on geometry, but which require algebra to solve. This book looks at the algebra used to solve tiling...