Basic Technical Mathematics with Calculus, SI Version

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Note: You are purchasing a standalone product; MyLab Math does not come packaged with this content. Students, if interested in purchasing this title with MyLab Math, ask your instructor for the correct package ISBN and Course ID. Instructors, contact your Pearson representative for more information.\nThis tried-and-true text from Allyn Washington builds on the author's highly regarded approach to technical math, while enhancing its pedagogy with full-colour figures and boxes that warn students of Common Errors. Appropriate for a two- to three-semester course, Basic Technical Mathematics with Calculus shows how algebra, trigonometry and basic calculus are used on the job. It covers applications in a vast number of technical and pre-engineering fields, including statics, electronics, solar energy, laser fiber optics, acoustics, fluid mechanics, and the environment. Known for its exceptional problem sets and applied material, the book offers practice exercises, writing exercises, word problems and practice tests. The 11th Edition SI Version is enhanced with a mix of Canadian and global examples, a reorganized Statistics chapter and updated notation that reflects standard engineering practice in industry.\nIf you would like to purchase both the physical text and MyLab Math, search for:\n0135309476 / 9780135309476 Basic Technical Mathematics with Calculus SI Version Plus MyLab Math -- Access Card Package, 11/e\nPackage consists of:\n0134289919 / 9780134289915 Basic Technical Mathematics with Calculus, SI Version, 11/e0134672372 / 9780134672373 MyLab Math with Pearson eText -- Standalone Access Card -- for Basic Technical Mathematics with Calculus, SI Version, 11e
About the Author
About the Canadian Authors\nMichelle Boué holds M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Applied Mathematics from Brown University. She has more than 25 years of experience teaching mathematics and statistics at different colleges and universities in Canada, the United States, and Mexico, including Trent University, St. Francis Xavier University, the University of Massachusetts (Amherst), Newbury College, and the ITAM (Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México). In recent years, she has turned her attention to the promotion of science and mathematics education in elementary and secondary schools. She is currently a presenter for the Scientists in School organization in Ontario.\nElizabeth Fabbroni Martin is a professor and academic coordinator of the Mechanical Engineering Technology program at Mohawk College in Hamilton, Ontario. Elizabeth has instructed and developed materials for a wide range of foundational and applied quality, mathematics, science, statistics, and research methods courses. In a prior role, Ms. Martin served for three years as the academic coordinator for mathematics for all Engineering Technology Programs at Mohawk, and also served as a representative to the Ontario College Math Committee, and is serving as the secretary of the Ontario College Math Association. Ms. Martin also has five years of industry experience as a
process engineer, automation integrator, and engineering business (project) manager with Intel Corporation, in its Portland Technology Development and Sort Test Technology Development groups in Hillsboro, Oregon. She also briefly served as Director of Operations with the Centre for Surgical Invention & Innovation in Hamilton, Ontario. Ms. Martin’s present areas of research interest include translational pedagogies and the effect of applied learning on college level students. Ms. Martin has degrees from Boston College (B.S. Chemistry), the McCormick School of Engineering at Northwestern University (Ph.D. Materials Science & Engineering), and the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario (MBA). In her free time, Ms. Martin sits on volunteer boards for adult literacy skills, and research ethics. She also enjoys hiking, camping, and spending time with her family and