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Calculus Mysteries and Thrillers (Classroom Resource Materials) by R. Grant Woods is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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Calculus Mysteries and Thrillers consists of eleven mathematics projects based on introductory single-variable calculus, together with some guidance on how to make use of them. Each project is presented as an amusing short story. In many of them, a group of undergraduate mathematics students formed into a consulting company called Math Iz Us, is hired to solve mathematical problems brought to them by clients. The problems solved include: helping to prosecute an accused pool shark, defending a driver accused of speeding, assisting a hockey coach in making his star forward a more effective goal scorer, and advising a pirate captain on how to divide a gold-plated goose-egg fairly among his crew. In each problem, the problem solvers are required to present to their client a detailed written report of their findings. Thus, students must produce and analyze accurate mathematical models of complex, verbally presented real life situations and write a clear technical account of their solution. Instructors who are looking for problems that are novel, interesting, and several levels more complex than the typical text book word problem will find them in this book. This book will be of particul
Who reads Calculus Mysteries and Thrillers (Classroom Resource Materials)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- R. Grant Woods
- Publisher
- The Mathematical Association of America
- Published
- 1998
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781614441144
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Mathematics, Stem
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