Focuses on environmental applications to make math relevant and engaging
Includes a variety of exercises and real-world examples to reinforce learning
Extended chapter projects requiring computational work in spreadsheets or statistical software
Suitable for introductory courses with no prerequisites beyond high school mathematics
Ideal for quantitative literacy and undergraduate liberal arts mathematics courses
Summarized by Shop
Can we coexist with the other life forms that have evolved on this planet? Are there realistic alternatives to fossil fuels that would sustainably provide for human society's energy needs and have fewer harmful effects? How do we deal with threats such as emergent diseases? Mathematical models--equations of various sorts capturing relatio