College Algebra
Historical Notes
Published on 23. April 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
572 pages
978-0-692-39311-6 (ISBN)
Description
Mastery of college algebra is the first step towards building a successful engineering and science career. This textbook provides a concise overview of the subject for students at all levels. It approaches the subject by presenting concepts through mathematical definitions illustrated with worked examples. Historical footnotes provide context for the concepts and highlight the contributions made by mathematicians over the centuries and across many countries. Additional references are provided for students who are interested in widening their scope of the subject matter.
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Language
English
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 29 mm
Weight
753 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-692-39311-6 (9780692393116)
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Tze-San Lee is a professor emeritus of Western Illinois University and a retired mathematical statistician of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He got his Ph. D in Applied Mathematics from State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1976. From 1980 to 2001 he taught mathematics and statistics at the WIU. Since 2002 he has worked for the CDC and was retired in May 2014. In addition, he also taught at Michigan State University, National Chung-Hsing University and The University of Alabama. He has published numerous research papers in applied mathematics, statistics, and biostatistics in epidemiology on topics like health effect on human health from forest fires, risk factors on mortality from disasters of landslides, and misclassification on the exposure status in case-control studies.