Math for life : (Record no. 3570)

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010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number 2011031476
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 1936221438 : HRD
Terms of availability $25.00
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781936221431
035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER
System control number (OCoLC)9781936221431
037 ## - SOURCE OF ACQUISITION
Source of stock number/acquisition Roberts & Co, C/O Chicago Distribution Center 11030 Langley Ave, Chicago, IL, USA, 60628, (773)7027000
Note SAN 202-5280
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Original cataloging agency DLC
Transcribing agency DLC
050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number QA93
Item number .B444 2012
082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 510
Edition information 23
092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC)
Classification number 510
Item number B471m
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Bennett, Jeffrey O.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Math for life :
Remainder of title crucial ideas you didn't learn in school /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Jeffrey Bennett.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Greenwood Village, Colo. :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Roberts and Co.,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. c2012.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent ix, 211 p. :
Other physical details ill. ;
Dimensions 24 cm.
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references and index.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note (Don't be) "bad at math" -- Thinking with numbers -- Statistical thinking -- Managing your money -- Understanding taxes -- The U.S. deficit and debt -- Energy math -- The math of political polarization -- The mathematics of growth -- Epilogue: getting "good at math".
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. How can we solve the national debt crisis? Should you or your child take on a student loan? Is it safe to talk on a cell phone while driving? Are there viable energy alternatives to fossil fuels? Could simple policy changes reduce political polarization? These questions may all seem very different, but they share two things in common. First, they are all questions with important implications for either personal success or our success as a nation. Second, they all concern topics that we can fully understand only with the aid of clear quantitative or mathematical thinking. In other words, they are topics for which we need math for life, a kind of math that looks quite different from most of the math that we learn in school, but that is just as (and often more) important. In this book the author simply and clearly explains the key ideas of quantitative reasoning and applies them to all the above questions and many more. He also uses these questions to analyze our current education system, identifying both shortfalls in the teaching of mathematics and solutions for our educational future.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Mathematics
Form subdivision Popular works.
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-- BOOK
-- 12/21/2012
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Withdrawn status Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Damaged status Not for loan Home library Current library Shelving location Date acquired Cost, normal purchase price Total checkouts Full call number Barcode Copy number Koha item type
    Dewey Decimal Classification     Odessa College Odessa College Stacks 12/21/2012 25.00   510 B471M 51994001674672 1 Books