Mathematical Ideas, Expanded Edition

by Charles David Miller, John Hornsby, Vern E. Heeren

The tenth edition of Mathematical Ideas is the best ever! We have continued with the features and pedagogy that have made this book so successful over the years and at the same time, we've spent a considerable amount of time to incorporate fresh data, new photos, and new content (by way of a new chapter on trigonometry). We have tried to reflect the needs of our users--both long-time readers and those new to the Math Ideas way of teaching liberal arts math. We hope you'll be pleased with the results. Like its predecessors, this edition has been designed with a variety of students in mind. It is well-suited for several courses, including the aforementioned liberal arts audience, survey courses in mathematics, and mathematics for prospective and in-service elementary and middle school teachers. Ample topics are included for a two-term course, yet the variety of topics and flexibility of sequence make the text suitable for shorter courses as well. Our main objectives continue to be to provide comprehensive coverage of topics, appropriate organization, clear exposition, an abundance of examples, and well-planned exercise sets with numerous applications.

Genres: Mathematics, Nonfiction, Textbooks, Read For School, Education

1088 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1973

Reviews

[Huu · Rating 5 out of 5]

Got most of exciting ideas of math

[Gus Lackner · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really gets the abstract brain juices flowing! [Note: I read the sixth edition which has none of the Hollywood weirdness]

[Bernie4444 · Rating 5 out of 5]

A well-rounded Mathematical foundation

I am afraid this is one of the few books I marked in (at least in pencil).
You will want to collect different editions to be sure nothing important has been deleted or replaced.

I have had courses before and after this book, but I keep it because it crosses disciplines, or at least shows practical uses and obscure theoretical uses for math.

It is the sidebar information that keeps you intrigued in the book.

A sample sidebar is:

Breaking codes - finding prime factors of extremely large numbers has been considered a mere computer exercise- interesting for improved methods of working with computers, but of no value of its right. This has changed in recent years with the new methods of “computer coding” in which very large numbers are used in an attempt to provide unbreakable codes for computer data. Just as fast as these numbers are used, other people try to find prime factors in them so that the code can be broken.

Then we get how-to examples.

[Danielle · Rating 2 out of 5]

The book itself was alright, i liked the movie references throughout it. but i didn't use it much, so i cant really say anything other than i spent too much money on it and it wasn't worth it.

[Beth · Rating 2 out of 5]

Textbook used for class Spring 2013.

It's a math book - what else can you say?

[Linda · Rating 2 out of 5]

Mine is a 2nd edition, lol, total cost $12.95