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Harold Jacobs
Mathematics Human Endeavor Curriculum
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Mathematics A Human Endeavor, Third Edition (1994), was
written by Harold Jacobs who also wrote
Elementary Algebra and Geometry, Seeing,
Doing, and Understanding. It's a liberal arts math course that
is used by homeschool students. Some customers use it for junior high students
who advanced but don't want to do the typical algebra and geometry track yet.
Others use it for an alternate high school math course.
The introduction states that it is a high school and college
introductory math course. Originally published in 1970, Mathematics A Human
Endeavor has exciting topics and a clear, friendly style. Cartoons, comic
strips, photos, and drawings help make math interesting and illustrate concepts.
It explores many math topics outside those covered in algebra and geometry.
Don't let "college level" scare you. Liberal arts math course means that it was
written for non-math majors.
If your student is a math whiz, don't let "non-math major"
discourage you. Math Human Endeavor covers useful math topics that are off the
beaten track. When I was a science major in college, the required math courses
were trigonometry, analytical geometry, calculus 1 and 2. I discovered another
world of math when I switched my major to finance and business. Many of the
chapters in this textbook cover the "other math" I was required to learn for my
new major.
Chapter titles from Mathematics A Human Endeavor include
Mathematical Ways of Thinking, Number Sequences, Functions and Their Graphs,
Large Numbers and Logarithms, Symmetry and Regular Figures, Mathematical Curves,
Methods of Counting, Mathematics of Chance, Introductions to Statistics, and
Topics in Topology.
Jacobs Mathematics Human Endeavor Curriculum
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