Encyclopedia of mathematics and society : mathematics and the social sciences / editors, Sarah J. Greenwald and Jill E. Thomley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Greenwald, Sarah J.

Thomley, Jill E.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mathematics--Social aspects.

Social sciences--Mathematics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 190 pages) : illustrations, map

Other Title:

Mathematics and the social sciences

Place of Publication:

Ipswich, Mass. : Salem Press, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Covers mathematics as applied in business, government, history, and economics for such uses as accounting, credit cards, FICO scores, and stock market indices.

Contents:

""Encyclopedia of Mathematics and Society: Mathematics and the Social Sciences""; ""Contents""; ""List of Contributors""; ""Accounting""; ""Advertising""; ""Africa, Central""; ""Africa, Eastern""; ""Africa, Northern""; ""Africa, Southern""; ""Africa, Western""; ""America, Caribbean""; ""America, Central""; ""America, North""; ""America, South""; ""Arabic/Islamic Mathematics""; ""Asia, Central and Northern (Russia)""; ""Asia, Eastern""; ""Asia, Southeastern""; ""Asia, Southern""; ""Asia, Western""; ""Atomic Bomb (Manhattan Project)""; ""Babylonian Mathematics""; ""Bankruptcy, Business""

""Bankruptcy, Personal""""Bar Codes""; ""Budgeting""; ""Census""; ""Chinese Mathematics""; ""Civil War, U.S.""; ""Cold War""; ""Comparison Shopping""; ""Coupons and Rebates""; ""Credit Cards""; ""Currency Exchange""; ""Data Mining""; ""Egyptian Mathematics""; ""Elections""; ""Europe, Eastern""; ""Europe, Northern""; ""Europe, Southern""; ""Europe, Western""; ""Gerrymandering""; ""Greek Mathematics""; ""Gross Domestic Product (GDP)""; ""Home Buying""; ""Incan and Mayan Mathematics""; ""Income Tax""; ""Industrial Revolution""; ""Infantry (Aerial and Ground Movements)""; ""Insurance""

""Intelligence and Counterintelligence""""Inventory Models""; ""Loans""; ""Market Research""; ""Mathematics: Discovery or Invention""; ""Middle Ages""; ""Military Draft""; ""Missiles""; ""Mutual Funds""; ""National Debt""; ""Native American Mathematics""; ""Oceania, Australia and New Zealand""; ""Oceania, Pacific Islands""; ""Payroll""; ""Pearl Harbor, Attack on""; ""Pensions, IRAs, and Social Security""; ""Predicting Attacks""; ""Predicting Preferences""; ""Prehistory""; ""Quality Control""; ""Renaissance""; ""Revolutionary War, U.S.""; ""Roman Mathematics""; ""Sales Tax and Shipping Fees""

""Scheduling""""Stock Market Indices""; ""Strategy and Tactics""; ""Unemployment, Estimating""; ""Vedic Mathematics""; ""Vietnam War""; ""Voting Methods""; ""World War I""; ""World War II""; ""Resource Guide""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781283803908

1283803909

9781429837576

1429837578

OCLC:

820818922