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Mathematical Applications: For the Management, Life, and Social Sciences | 
 enlarge | Authors: Ronald J. Harshbarger, James J. Reynolds
Publisher: Brooks Cole
Category: Book
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 5987
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 8
Pages: 1000
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5.4
Dimensions (in): 10.4 x 8.6 x 1.6
ISBN: 0618654216
Dewey Decimal Number: 510
EAN: 9780618654215
Publication Date: January 4, 2006
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Product Description
Intended for a two-term applied calculus or finite mathematics and applied calculus course, Mathematical Applications, 8/e, presents concepts and skills in an approachable way for students of varying abilities and interests. The Eighth Edition retains the features that have made this text a popular choice, including applications covering diverse topics that are important to students in the management, life, and social sciences. This edition broadens the represented applications by adding a number of environmental science applications. The use of modeling has also been expanded, with modeling problems now clearly labeled in the examples.
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 Math for all Industries May 6, 2006
A. Nalicat (CA USA)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Covers a wide range of math applications in different industry and situations you may become part of in your career. The examples used were helpful in elaborating further on the equation and topic. Excellent quantitative book - a must have in your library beyond college life.
Good Transaction September 9, 2005
Kate (Irwin, PA USA)
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
I was able to contact the seller easily and the book was in the condition as stated. Thank You!
 The reach is so broad, some of the goals slip through their fingers August 13, 2008
Charles Ashbacher (Marion, Iowa United States(cashbacher@yahoo.com))
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The attempted reach of this book is so great; nearly every goal appears to slip through their fingers. The first section of the book (577 pages) is roughly equivalent to a book in finite mathematics and the second (approximately 400 pages) to a book in business calculus. With such a broad mathematical swath being applied, the effectiveness is limited. The college where I teach mathematics and computer science recently added a course in basic mathematical modeling, so I examined this book as a possible text. I cannot envision any circumstances where this book will satisfy our needs for the reasons listed above. While the coverage is wide and to some depth, there is so much that only a fraction of the material could be covered in a semester.
The chapter headings are:
*) Algebraic concepts
*) Linear equations and functions
*) Quadratic and other special functions
*) Matrices
*) Inequalities and linear programming
*) Exponential and logarithmic functions
*) Mathematics of finance
*) Introduction to probability
*) Further topics in probability; data description
*) Derivatives
*) Applications of derivatives
*) Derivatives continued
*) Indefinite integrals
*) Definite integrals; techniques of integration
*) Functions of two or more variables
To go from the basics of algebra all the way to partial differential equations in one book is quite a feat, certainly something that cannot be done in a single semester. Therefore, this is a book that would only be suitable for a two-semester course sequence. The only such sequence that I can see where this book would be appropriate is one covering "Mathematics for business." The chapter on the mathematics of finance and the majority of the application examples being from business and economics would almost force this to be the only possible area of application.
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