Using and Understanding Mathematics: A Quantitative Reasoning Approach (6th Edition) – eBook

Author(s)

Jeffrey O. Bennett

Dr. Jeffrey Bennett (Alternate spelling: Jeffery Bennett) holds a B.A. in Biophysics from the University of California, San Diego (USA), and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Astrophysics from the University of Colorado, Boulder (USA). His extensive experience in research and education includes serving 2 years as a Visiting Senior Scientist at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC; creating education and research projects for the Hubble Space Telescope and other NASA missions; helping and proposing to develop the Voyage Scale Model Solar System on the National Mall in Washington, DC; and teaching at every level from preschool through undergraduate and even graduate school.

Dr. O. Bennett is the author of best-selling college textbooks in astrobiology, astronomy, statistics, and mathematics, as well as author of 3 books for the general public (Beyond UFOs, On the Cosmic Horizon, and Math for Life) and of the award-winning children's ebooks Max Goes to the Moon, Max Goes to Mars, Max Goes to Jupiter, and The Wizard Who Saved the World.

William L. Briggs

Dr. William Briggs has been on the math faculty at the University of Colorado at Denver for over 23 years. He got his BA in mathematics from the University of Colorado and his MS and Ph.D. in applied math from Harvard. He teaches graduate and undergraduate courses throughout the mathematics curriculum with a special interest in mathematical modeling and differential equations as it applies to problems in the biosciences. He is the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) Vice President for Education, a University of Colorado President’s Teaching Scholar, a recipient of the Outstanding Teacher Award of the Rocky Mountain Section of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA), and the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship to Ireland.