Why Math?

Kirjan Why Math? (1984) on kirjoittanut Rodney D Driver. Kirjan kieli on englanti, ja sen on kustantanut SPRINGER-VERLAG NEW YORK INC.. Kirja on laajuudeltaan 252 sivua ja se on sidottu.

1 Arithmetic Review. - 1. 1 Basis Rules. - 1. 2 Division, Fractions, and Exponents. - 1. 3 Percentages. - 1. 4 Rates. - 2 Prime Numbers and Fractions. - 2. 1 Prime Numbers and Factorization. - 2. 2 Greatest Common Factor. - 2. 3 Rationals and Irrationals. - 3 The Pythagorean Theorem and Square Roots. - 3. 1 The Theorem. - 3. 2 Square Roots Which Are Irrational. - 3. 3 Computation of Square Roots by Successive Approximation. - 4 Elementary Equations. - 4. 1 Equations in One Unknown. - 4. 2 The Use of Two or More Unknowns. - 4. 3 Graphing. - 5 Quadratic Polynomials and Equations. - 5. 1 Solution of Quadratic Equations. - 5. 2 Applications of Quadratic Equations. - 5. 3 Quadratic Polynomials. - 6 Powers and Geometric Sequences. - 6. 1 Applications of Powers. - 6. 2 More on Half-Lives. - 6. 3 Compound Interest and Related Matters. - 6. 4 IRAs and Similar Tax Sheltered Accounts. - 6. 5 Geometric Series-the "Sum" of a Geometric Sequence. - 7 Areas and Volumes. - 7. 1 Areas. - 7. 2 Volumes. - 7. 3 Surface Area of a Solid (versus Volume). - 7. 4 Computation of Cube Roots. - 8 Galilean Relativity. - 8. 1 Displacement and Velocity Vectors. - 8. 2 Doppler Effect. - 8. 3 Components of Vectors. - 9 Special Relativity. - 9. 1 Simultaneity and Einstein's Postulate. - 9. 2 Time Dilation. - 9. 3 Length Contraction. - 10 Binary Arithmetic. - 10. 1 Decimal, Binary, and Ternary Representation of Integers. - 10. 2 Subtraction and Division in Base Two. - 10. 3 Applications. - 11 Sets and Counting. - 11. 1 Set Notation. - 11. 2 Counting. - 12 Probability. - 12. 1 Elementary Ideas and Examples. - 12. 2 Mutually Exclusive Events. - 12. 3 The Basic Rules. - 12. 4 Quality Control (optional). - 12. 5 Expectation. - 12. 6 Conditional Probability. - 13 Cardinality. - 13. 1 Countable Sets. - 13. 2 Countably Many Countable Sets. - 13. 3 The Reals vs. the Rationals. - Answers to Odd-Numbered Problems.