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

EBSCOhost Ebook Public Library Collection - North America Available online

EBSCOhost Ebook Public Library Collection - North America

EBSCOhost eBook Community College Collection Available online

EBSCOhost eBook Community College Collection
Format:
Contributor:
Series:
  • Gale eBooks
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
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

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