KEY BENEFIT: This new MyMathLab-based course option from Angel/Abbott/Runde offers a complete Survey of Mathematics course with embedded review of prerequisite topics from previous courses. The Integrated Review MyMathLab course model can be used to bring underprepared students up to speed, helping to address the challenge of varying skill levels with one seamless MyMathLab course. Integrated Review MyMathLab courses provide the full suite of supporting resources for the main course content, plus additional assignments and study aids for students who will benefit from remediation. Assignments for the integrated review content are preassigned in MyMathLab, making it easier than ever to create your course!
The Tenth Edition of A Survey of Mathematics with Applications continues the tradition of showing students how we use mathematics in our daily lives and why it’s important, in a clear and accessible way. With straightforward language, detailed examples, and interesting applications, the authors ensure non-majors will relate to the math and understand the mathematical concepts that pervade their lives. With this revision, an expanded media program in MyMathLab, and a new workbook further build upon the tradition of motivating and supporting student learning.
KEY TOPICS: Critical Thinking Skills; Sets; Logic; Systems of Numeration; Number Theory and the Real Number System; Algebra, Graphs, and Functions; The Metric System; Geometry; Mathematical Systems; Consumer Mathematics; Probability; Statistics; Graph Theory; Voting and Apportionment
MARKET: For anyone interested in general topics in mathematics.
Allen Angel received his BS and MS in mathematics from SUNY at New Paltz. He completed additional graduate work at Rutgers University. He taught at Sullivan County Community College and Monroe Community College, where he served as chairperson of the Mathematics Department. He served as Assistant Director of the National Science Foundation at Rutgers University for the summers of 1967 - 1970. He was President of The New York State Mathematics Association of Two Year Colleges (NYSMATYC). He also served as Northeast Vice President of the American Mathematics Association of Two Year Colleges (AMATYC). Allen lives in Palm Harbor, Florida but spends his summers in Penfield, New York. He enjoys playing tennis and watching sports. He also enjoys traveling with his wife Kathy.
Christine Abbott received her undergraduate degree in mathematics from SUNY Brockport and her graduate degree in mathematics education from Syracuse University. Since then she has taught mathematics at Monroe Community College and has recently chaired the department. In her spare time she enjoys watching sporting events, particularly baseball, college basketball, college football, and the NFL. She also enjoys spending time with her family, traveling, and reading
Dennis Runde has a BS degree and an MS degree in Mathematics from the University of Wisconsin–Platteville and Milwaukee, respectively. He has a PhD in Mathematics Education from the University of South Florida. He has been teaching for more than twenty-five years at State College of Florida–Manatee-Sarasota. His interests include reading, history, fishing, canoeing, and cooking. He and his wife Kristin stay busy keeping up with their three sons—Alex, Nick, and Max.
