Mathematics with Applications in the Management, Natural and Social Sciences by Margaret L. LialMy rating: 2 of 5 stars
This is, in my opinion, the worst mathematics textbook at this level I have ever encountered. Basically, in stretching from Algebra I to Calculus I in less than 900 pages of main text, this tries to do too much. Here is a list of particular issues I have, which I stopped adding to less than half-way through:
- A serious lack of set theory basis, so that solving an equation is no different from solve for a variable. (There is no concept of solution set)
- Intercepts are treated as values, not points
- They encourage by example negative lead coefficients in denominators
- There is a missing introduction of basic functions leading to no clear development of transformations in graphing.
- The integrated My Math Lab material misleads students by not using parentheses in logarithms
- The modeling of exponential growth with P(t) = Pe^(rt) is artlessly handled so that the concept of r relating to percentage growth over unit of time is lost.
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