Strength in Numbers: Discovering the Joy and Power of Mathematics in Everyday Life by Sherman K. Stein (PDF)

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An engaging survey of the fundamental concepts of mathematics and the many ways math is used in everyday life. This is a stimulating and simple reintroduction to all the math we all learned in high school but have forgotten, using many examples of how math applies to the real world. Highlights the math topics that are most relevant to everyday concerns, such as how statistics can be misleading and how interest on savings accounts accrues at different interest rates. Also explores the most fundamental mysteries and amazing properties, such as why two negative numbers multiplied together make a positive number and why fractions can be easily multiplied but not easily added. Uses a multitude of examples from real life such as how extremely large numbers are used to write unbreakable computer codes and how the slope of a curve is used by biologists to calculate the rate of growth of species. It walks the reader step by step through simple solutions to each problem explored.

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Editorial Reviews: Review “”Let’s cut to the quick. Read this book. Stein has given us a delightful, refreshing new look at old mathematics, and introduces us to the new in a readable and entertaining way.””-New Scientist””The diverse themes hold the reader throughout. . . . A rich and charming book.””-Choice””Strength in Numbers should find a home in every school library, and mathematics teachers will want to recommend chapters of this book to their students.””-Mathematics Teacher From the Back Cover An Easygoing, Highly Entertaining Refresher on all the Math You’ll Ever Need.What do two goats and a car have to do with making good decisions? Was the golden ratio used to build the Great Pyramid of Khufu? Can it be that some numbers are unmistakably “”hot,”” while others are inherently “”cool””? With his infectiously enthusiastic and engaging style, award-winning teacher and author Sherman K. Stein offers a new appreciation for mathematics, from the beauty of its logic (“”as inevitable and memorable as a Mozart symphony””) to its amazing power and pervasiveness in our lives. Requiring no math knowledge beyond basic arithmetic and high school geometry, Strength in Numbers is an enlightening introduction to all the math you’ll ever need. About the Author SHERMAN K. STEIN is a professor of mathematics at the University of California, Davis, where he received a distinguished teaching award. He is also a recipient of the Lester R. Ford Prize of the Mathematical Association of America for excellence in exposition on math. He is the author of Mathematics: The Man-Made Universe and The Guided Inquiry Series on math for high school students. He lives in Davis, California. Read more

Reviews from Amazon users which were colected at the time this book was published on the website:

⭐”Chapter 10, What’s In It For Me? is worth the price of the book. “The more mathematics a person knows, the more choices that person will have.”The author analyzed 121 million jobs (from 1992) and categorized them by the level of math required. They all required at least a 4th-6th grade level. One-third required math through calculus. Very illuminating.I’ve always been more into reading and writing. I decided to challenge myself with some math reading. Sherman Stein makes most of it understandable!

⭐Requested by a friend. Good read.

⭐It is a different and somewhat interesting book but it did not totally meet my expectations. I have read a few other books of this type and enjoyed them more.

⭐As titled: Discover the joy and power of mathematics. I divide this book into two halves. The first half is about our relationship with mathematics. It leads you to think of those numbers around you, and eventually you start to think about what’s going on. I especially like the chapter on statistical information. The second part is about mathematical knowledge. The eariler chapters are a bit too easy. Yet I like the proofs very much. The last chapter is so fascinating. And it’s only 4 pages long! This is a mathematics book I really like.

⭐Professor Stein’s book is an amazing read. It’s humorous, insightful, and educational. A couple of those “great mysteries” from our math classes in school are solved and you will slap your forehead and say,”Well, they could have taught me THAT years ago!”I highly recommend this book to all levels of math students AND math teachers.

⭐Stein successfully convinces the lay readerthat math is an interesting and fascinating game. Right on! Such a book makes a positive contribution to education and hence to society.Keep up the good work.In particular, Stein’s personal antecdotes demonstrate that math excellence can be integrated into one’s total humanity.

⭐I can use the book to indirectly persuade youngsters, who think Math. is nothing but number and boring, to take it more seriously. It’s hard for me to come up with more logical and more convincing than what already there in the book.

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