Encyclopedia Of Mathematics & Society

Author Sarah J. Greenwald

Publisher Salem Press

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eBook

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Author

Sarah J. Greenwald

Publisher

Salem Press

Volume

Copyright

2012

ISBN13

9781587658488

Release

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eBook

Grade Level

9th Grade - College Senior

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Overview

Presents articles showing the math behind our daily lives. Explains how and why math works, and allows readers to better understand how disciplines such as algebra, geometry, calculus, and others affect what we do every day.
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Contents.
Publisher's Note.
About the Editors.
Introduction.
List of Articles.
Topic Finder.
List of Contributors.
1: Accident Reconstruction.
2: Accounting.
3: Acrostics, Word Squares, and Crosswords.
4: Addition and Subtraction.
5: Advertising.
6: Africa, Central.
7: Africa, Eastern.
8: Africa, North.
9: Africa, Southern.
10: Africa, West.
11: African Mathematics.
12: Aircraft Design.
13: Airplanes/Flight.
14: Algebra and Algebra Education.
15: Algebra in Society.
16: Anesthesia.
17: Animals.
18: Animation and CGI.
19: Apgar Scores.
20: Arabic/Islamic Mathematics.
21: Archery.
22: Archimedes.
23: Arenas, Sports.
24: Artillery.
25: Asia, Central and Northern.
26: Asia, Eastern.
27: Asia, Southeastern.
28: Asia, Southern.
29: Asia, Western.
30: Astronomy.
31: Atomic Bomb (Manhattan Project).
32: Auto Racing.
33: Axiomatic Systems.
34: Babylonian Mathematics.
35: Ballet.
36: Ballroom Dancing.
37: Bankruptcy, Business.
38: Bankruptcy, Personal.
39: Bar Codes.
40: Baseball.
41: Basketball.
42: Basketry.
43: Bees.
44: Betting and Fairness.
45: Bicycles.
46: Billiards.
47: Binomial Theorem.
48: Birthday Problem.
49: Black Holes.
50: Blackmun, Harry A..
51: Blackwell, David.
52: Board Games.
53: Body Mass Index.
54: Brain.
55: Bridges.
56: Budgeting.
57: Burns, Ursula.
58: Bus Scheduling.
59: Calculators in Classrooms.
60: Calculators in Society.
61: Calculus and Calculus Education.
62: Calculus in Society.
63: Calendars.
64: Canals.
65: Carbon Dating.
66: Carbon Footprint.
67: Careers.
68: Caribbean America.
69: Carpentry.
70: Castillo-Chávez, Carlos.
71: Castles.
72: Caves and Caverns.
73: Cell Phone Networks.
74: Census.
75: Central America.
76: Cerf, Vinton.
77: Cheerleading.
78: Chemotherapy.
79: Chinese Mathematics.
80: City Planning.
81: Civil War, U.S..
82: Climate Change.
83: Climbing.
84: Clocks.
85: Closed-Box Collecting.
86: Clouds.
87: Clubs and Honor Societies.
88: Cochlear Implants.
89:
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