Introductory Technical Mathematics

Product Description
Introductory Technical Mathematics, 5th Edition provides current and practical vocational and technical math applications for today's sophisticated trade and technical work environments. Each unit delivers practical math concepts alongside step-by-step examples and problems drawn from various occupations. The plentiful examples and problem sets emphasize on-the-job applications of math. Enhancements to the fifth edition include improved algebra coverage, a new section on basic statistics, new material on conversions from metric to customary systems of measure, and a section that supplements the basics of working with spreadsheets for graphing.
About the Author
John C. Peterson is a retired instructor from Chattanooga State Technical Community College, in Chattanooga, Tennesse. He belongs to the Mathematical Association of America, the American Mathematical Society, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, the Tennessee Mathematics Association of Two-Year Colleges, and the Tennessee Mathematics Teachers Association. Mr. Peterson also served as the southeast vice president of the American Mathematics Association of Two-Year Colleges from 1997¿2001. He is the 1995 recipient of the Teaching Excellence Award given by the Chattanooga State Foundation, and the co-project investigator of the National Science Foundation-funded project Technical Mathematics for Tomorrow: Recommendations and Exemplary Programs.

Robert D. Smith was an associate professor emeritus of Industrial Technology at Connecticut State University.