Name: Math and Society: Reading Life in Numbers
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ISBN: 9780531112458

by Gardner, Robert, Shore, Edward A.

Math and Society: Reading Life in Numbers

by Gardner, Robert, Shore, Edward A.

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ISBN-13: 9780531112458
ISBN: 0531112454
Publication Date: 1998
Publisher: Scholastic Library Publishing

AUTHOR

Gardner, Robert, Shore, Edward A.

SUMMARY

This book is the first its kind in integtrating mathematics and social science. Historians, economists, lawmakers, business people, and social scientists rely on math, graphs, and tables to help them track trends and make rational decisions. The authors clearly explain the mathematics needed for this purpose and give examples analyzing stock earnings, GNP, federal debt, homicides, homelessness, television viewing, opinion polls, solar energy, gasoline prices, global warming, airline safety, and more.Gardner, Robert is the author of 'Math and Society: Reading Life in Numbers', published 1998 under ISBN 9780531112458 and ISBN 0531112454.

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