Excursions in Modern Mathematics

Key differences between 9th and 8th editions

• Period between current and previous publications: 5 years (2017 vs 2012).
• The first edition of Tannenbaum's Excursions in Modern Mathematics was published in 1991.
• The number of pages from the previous edition hasn't changed.
• Chapter 10 has new section 10.4 covering math of retirement saving and spending.
• Applets designed to visualize and understand difficult concepts are now mobile-friendly.
• Examples in the Ninth Edition integrate more real data and applications.
• Key Concepts chart at the end of every chapter makes it easy to study and review for exams.
• MyMathLab for the Ninth Edition provides expanded exercise coverage (e.g. Applet Byte exercises) and new features that make the online assessment more closely tied to the text's approach.