Book Review: Mathematics All Around, 5th edition
Author: Thomas L. Pirnot Publisher: Pearson – Education – 763 pages, plus appendix, answers, etc. Book Review by: Venkat Subramaniam Thomas Pirnot has made this book refreshingly different from other math textbooks. As the titles of its fourteen chapters show you below, he relates numbers to life, making math come alive. Written in conversational style as someone speaking to a friend, he helps remove the anxiety many students feel when they are about to take a course in any branch of mathematics. This book has been described by reviewers as “readable, interesting and relevant.” All of this is true,...
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