Mark Bollman: Textbooks for Fall 02013

As an aid to students enrolled in my Fall 02013 classes, here are lists of the required textbooks.

1.  Mathematics 209: An Introduction to Statistics

Elementary Statistics: A Step by Step Approach, by Allan Bluman, published by McGraw-Hill.  ISBN 9780077359423.  You will also need an access code for the Connect Math web site, where all homework will be done.

2. Honors 124-01: Great Issues In Science: Eight Big ideas That Shaped Science

1. The Canon, by Natalie Angier, published by Houghton-Mifflin.  ISBN 0-618-24295-3.
2. The Non-Euclidean Revolution, by Richard J. Trudeau, published by Birkhäuser.  ISBN 0-8176-3311-1.
3. The Discoveries, by Alan Lightman, published by Pantheon.  ISBN 0-375-42168-8.
4. The Double Helix, by James D. Watson, published by Scientific American Book Club, ISBN 1-58288-117-0.  (Other editions are acceptable.)
5. Mendeleev on the Periodic Law: Selected Writings, by Dmitri Mendeleev, edited by William B. Jensen, published by Dover Publishing.  ISBN
0-4864-44571-2.
6. The Origin of Species, by Charles Darwin, published by Gramercy Books.  ISBN 0-517-12320-7.
7. Plate Tectonics, edited by Naomi Orestes, published by Westview press.  ISBN 0-8133-4132-9.
8. Fortune's Formula, by William Poundstone, published by Hill & Wang.  ISBN 0-8090-4599-0.

3. Mathematics 335: Abstract Algebra

Contemporary Abstract Algebra, 8th edition, by Joseph Gallian, published by Cengage Learning,  ISBN 1-133-59970-2.

4. Mathematics 125-02: Precalculus

Precalculus, 9th edition, by Michael Sullivan, published by Prentice-Hall.  ISBN 0-321-71683-3.  You will also need an access code to MyMathLab. Homework will be done via this online system.



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