2nd Edition This book features well-known: * An enclosed CD for Mac and Windows that contains the entire text as collection of Mathematica notebooks * Substantive real example * Challenging exercises, moving from simple to complex * A collection of interactive projects from a variety of applications "I really think this is the text is almost perfect." -Stephen Brick, University of South Alabama * Substantive real example * Challenging exercises, moving from simple to complex examples * Interactive exploration (on CD-ROM included) from a variety of topics using a lot of interesting mathematics applications