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  title info:
    title: Mathematics for Sustainability
  name:
    name part: Roe, John.
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      role term: creator
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      role term: author.
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  name:
    name part: deForest, Russ.
    role:
      role term: author.
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      role term: aut
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      role term: http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut
  name:
    name part: Jamshidi, Sara.
    role:
      role term: author.
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      role term: aut
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  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: gw
    date issued: 2018
    edition: 1st ed. 2018.
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XIX, 523 p. online resource.
  abstract: Designed for the 21st century classroom, this textbook poses, refines, and analyzes questions of sustainability in a quantitative environment. Building mathematical knowledge in the context of issues relevant to every global citizen today, this text takes an approach that empowers students of all disciplines to understand and reason with quantitative information. Whatever conclusions may be reached on a given topic, this book will prepare the reader to think critically about their own and other people's arguments and to support them with careful, mathematical reasoning. Topics are grouped in themes of measurement, flow, connectivity, change, risk, and decision-making. Mathematical thinking is at the fore throughout, as students learn to model sustainability on local, regional, and global scales. Exercises emphasize concepts, while projects build and challenge communication skills. With no prerequisites beyond high school algebra, instructors will find this book a rich resource for engaging all majors in the mathematics classroom. From the Foreword No longer will you be just a spectator when people give you quantitative information-you will become an active participant who can engage and contribute new insights to any discussion.[...] There are many math books that will feed you knowledge, but it is rare to see a book like this one that will help you cultivate wisdom.[...] As the authors illustrate, mathematics that pays attention to human considerations can help you look at the world with a new lens, help you frame important questions, and help you make wise decisions. Francis Edward Su, Harvey Mudd College.
  table of contents: 1. Measuring -- 2. Flowing -- 3. Networking -- 4. Changing -- 5. Risking -- 6. Deciding -- 7. Case Studies -- 8. Resources -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Bibliography -- Index.
  note: by John Roe, Russ deForest, Sara Jamshidi.
  subject:
    topic: Mathematics
  subject:
    topic: Game theory
  subject:
    topic: Mathematical physics
  subject:
    topic: Mathematics of Planet Earth
  subject:
    topic: Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences
  subject:
    topic: Mathematical Applications in the Physical Sciences
  classification: NX180.M33
  classification: 519
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    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Texts for Quantitative Critical Thinking
  identifier: 9783319766607
  identifier: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76660-7
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    record creation date: 180426
    record change date: 20191026162428.0
    record identifier: 978-3-319-76660-7