Math for Life: Quantitative Literacy for the Modern World

By Jeffrey Bennett

The spread of disease. Lotteries. Cell phones and driving. Personal budgeting. The federal debt. Social Security. Tax reform. Energy policy. Political redistricting. Population growth. Radiation from nuclear power plants. AI deepfakes. These topics may seem very different, but they share two things in common. First, each is a topic with important implications for personal success or our success as a nation. Second, each can be fully understood only with clear quantitative or mathematical thinking. In other words, these are all topics for which we need " math for life" -- sometimes called quantitative literacy or quantitative reasoning-- a kind of math that differs from most of the math we learn in school but that is just as (and often more) important. In Math for Life, award-winning author Jeffrey Bennett simply and clearly explains key ideas of quantitative literacy and applies them to all the above topics and many more. He also uses these topics to analyze our current education system, identifying both shortfalls in current mathematics teaching and solutions for our educational future. No matter your own level of mathematical ability and no matter whether you approach the book as an educator, student, or interested adult, you are sure to find new and thought-provoking ideas in Math for Life.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1937548961
• ISBN13: 9781937548964
• Release Date: July 2027
• Publisher: Big Kid Science
• Length: 224 Pages