Author Description

This Second Edition of Johnson and MowryUs successful text covers those topics that are essential components in a well rounded education. By emphasizing applications, as well as the history of mathematics, the authors show students that mathematics is relevant to their education and that it is an integral part of human history and culture. Although the material assumes that students have taken intermediate algebra, it does not assume that they completed the course with an ''A.'' The authorsU level of presentation and coverage is accessible. Consequently, the material is both challenging and do-able.