The handy math answer book / Barnes-Svarney, Patricia L

Contains over one thousand questions and answers about math, covering the history of mathematics, math basics, math in science and engineering, and math in the humanities, daily life, and as recreation. Includes equations, photographs, and illustrations.

Contains over one thousand questions and answers about math, covering the history of mathematics, math basics, math in science and engineering, and math in the humanities, daily life, and as recreation. Includes equations, photographs, and illustrations.

"From modern-day challenges such as balancing a checkbook, following the stock market, buying a home, and figuring out credit card finance charges to appreciating historical developments by Pythagoras, Archimedes, Newton, and other mathematicians, this resource addresses more than 1,000 questions related to mathematics"--Provided by publisher.