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For All Practical Purposes is the most effective and engaging textbook available for showing mathematics at work in areas with a direct impact on our lives (consumer products and advertising, politics, the economy, the Internet). It was the first, and remains the best, textbook for liberal arts students and for instructors who want to bring students the excitement of contemporary mathematical thinking and help their students think logically and critically. The new edition offers a number of changes designed to make the text more accessible than ever to a wider range of students and instructors.
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As with previous editions of this textbook, the latest version is designed to bring to the nonspecialist the excitement of contemporary mathematical thinking and its connections to modern society. The seventh edition includes design changes to improve the flow of the text, a more consistent style between chapters, reordering and restructuring of the parts of the book, and a new chapter on the manipulability of voting systems. New supplemental materials are also available to accompany the text, including a student solutions manual to the odd-numbered problems in the text and a teaching guide for first-time instructors. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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