Math for Life Crucial Ideas You Didn't Learn in School

"An insightful look at the crucial role mathematics plays in understanding the complexities of today's society... The author's pleasant, conversational style shows that such insight can be developed without obscure or high-level computation... Any reader, but especially parents, politicians, and professional educators, would benefit from reading this book. Summing up: Highly recommended. All levels/libraries." --Choice Magazine "Full marks to Jeffrey Bennett for delivering exactly what his title promises. This is not the math your teacher (probably) said you would need in adult life but never did; it's the math you know you need--but likely don't have." --Keith Devlin, PhD, author, The Math Gene, and the Math Guy on National Public Radio "Should be required reading for every American. There's no more powerful way to equip yourself for our increasingly complex and quantitative world than to read Math for Life ." --K. Shane Goodwin, professor of mathematics, Brigham Young University-Idaho "Brilliantly illustrates the importance of numeracy in all aspects of life." --David Taylor, assistant professor of mathematics, Roanoke College