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Thinking Mathematically

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As an upper level high school mathematics teacher, I have to say that Blitzer's text "Thinking Mathematically" is truly an outstanding book! - for both the student and the teacher. He explains concepts in an extraordinarly thorough and direct way, with a lot of great worked out examples and terrific exercise sets that increase student knowledge and insight regarding the concepts and computations. Having used both this book and Blitzer's other PreCalculus text, I can honestly say that his books for the secondary market put most of the other books out there to shame - there's really just no comparison. If you're a student who really wants to learn math, or a teacher who appreciates great support materials, then you really do have to get this text, as well as Blitzer's other texts, such as "PreCalculus". You won't find a better book out there regarding secondary/college prep math and it's teaching/ applications.

I just purchased this book brand new a few months ago. The only problem is very heavy and bulky to carry around. I appreciate Blitzer's no nonsense writing and by the way no highlighting necessary. All the key points are highlighted and pointed out. He also includes in-text exercises as well. I figure the book was worth my money but at least I understand what is printed. I also appreciate the mention of real-life applications indicated in the exercises and the sectional readings. I am not only reading the sections but appreciating all the bonus essays and definition boxes.

I enjoyed this book, especially since I had a non-fluent English speaking professor we all looked into our books and read the complete, easy, and understanding chapters. this is one of the best math books I have ever had in my education experience.

This is a great math book that covers a wide range of topics. I wanted to brush up on a couple of things before taking calculus, so I purchased a used copy of Blitzer's Thinking Mathematically 2nd edition along with a couple of other liberal arts math books. Blitzer's was clearly the best. The writing style is clear, the examples make sense, and I just enjoyed reading it and doing the problems. Aufmann's Mathematical Thinking and Quantitative Reasoning was also really good.

I did just go through this book on my own. I learned a great many types of math that I never knew existed just by reading this book. Mr. Blitzer's writing is so lucid that I didn't need an instructor. If you're looking to self-teach yourself math, I highly recommend Thinking Mathematically.

I purchased a great book for my math class. Great transaction. Great book. I am well pleased and saved about $50.00.

Kim

This book is in great condition. There is no highlighting throughout the book, and the cover and pages are in really good condition. It looks brand new. The seller was also very helpful and responded to my emails very quickly.

Wonderful condition, shipped very very promply. I recieved it within days. Seller was good, I give my highest recomendation.