Lial M.L., Salzman S.A., Hestwood D.L. Basic College Mathematics

9th ed. — Pearson, 2012. — 838 p. in color. — ISBN: 0321825535, 9780321825537The ninth edition of Basic College Mathematics continues our ongoing commitment to provide the best possible text and supplements package that will help instructors teach and students succeed. To that end, we have addressed the diverse needs of today’s students by creating a tightly coordinated text and technology package that includes integrated activities to help students improve their study skills, an attractive design, updated applications and graphs, helpful features, and careful explanations of concepts. We’ve also expanded the supplements and study aids.
The program is designed to help students achieve success in a developmental mathematics program. It provides the necessary review and coverage of whole numbers, fractions, decimals, ratio and proportion, percent, and measurement, as well as an introduction to algebra and geometry and a preview of statistics.About the Author
Marge Lial (late) became interested in math at an early age–it was her favorite subject in the first grade! Marge's intense desire to educate both her students and herself inspired the writing of numerous best-selling textbooks. Marge, who received Bachelor's and Master's degrees from California State University at Sacramento, was affiliated with American River College. An avid reader and traveler, her travel experiences often found their way into her books as applications, exercise sets, and feature sets. She was particularly interested in archeology; trips to various digs and ruin sites produced some fascinating problems for her textbooks involving such topics as the building of Mayan pyramids and the acoustics of ancient ball courts in the Yucatan. We dedicate the new editions of the paperback developmental math series to Marge in honor of her contributions to the field in which she helped thousands of students succeed.
Diana Hestwood lives in Minnesota and has taught at Metropolitan Community College in Minneapolis for two decades. She has done research on the student brain and is an expert on study skills. She is the author of Lial/Hestwood’s Prealgebra and coauthor of Lial/Salzman/Hestwood’s Basic Math and Lial/Hestwood/Hornsby/McGinnis’s Prealgebra and Introductory Algebra.
Stan Salzman is a long time resident of Sacramento, California. Stan has taught at American River College for many years, where he was a member of the business department. He is the author of Business Math and Essential Math, published by Pearson Education, Inc., and is coauthor of Basic Math.