Catalog of MAA Publications 2011 Annual : IFC

ANNUAL CATALOG 2011 New . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Coming Soon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Electronic Bookstore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 New in History of Mathematics . . . . . . . . . 10 MAA Guides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 From Martin Gardner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 MAA Bestsellers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Analysis/Applied Mathematics . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Business Mathematics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Financial Mathematics/Calculus. . . . . . . . . . 17 Calculus/Careers/Combinatorics/ Cryptology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 DVDs from the MAA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Game Theory/Geometry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Geometry/Topology/General Education . . . 21 History/Number Theory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 A Celebration of the Life and Work of Leonhard Euler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Popular Exposition/Problem Solving . . . . . 24 Problem Solving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Problem Solving/Statistics/ Resources for Teachers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 The Backlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Ordering Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Order Form. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 TEXTBOOK ADOPTION POLICY To request an examination copy of one of our books, please send your request on departmental letterhead to: Mathematical Association of America, Examination Copy, P.O. Box 91112, Washington, DC 20090-1112. Include the name of your course, the estimated class size, and the adoption decision date. You may also fax your request to (301) 206-9789. MAA E-Books Are Here I have been associated with MAA publishing in several capacities since the early 1970s as a journal editor, founding editor of Math Horizons , Chair of the Committee on Publications, Director of Publications, and Editorial Director of MAA Books. The changes in publishing over that period have been many and often dramatic, but the velocity of change of the last few years with the broader incorporation of digital technology has been breathtaking. Look at the brief histories of digital typesetting systems, TeX, and e-books on Wikipedia to gain an appreciation of the velocity. Amazon began selling the Kindle reader in 2007, and it was the best-known e-book reader up until the release of the iPad in 2010. Today, e-book readers can be purchased from more than a dozen companies. That certainly reflects a growing market for e-books, and in 2011 the MAA will publish its first group of e-books. Of the ten new books featured in this catalog, three are e-books. A small group of titles was selected that seems especially well-suited to benefit readers in e-book format. We are excited about this new venture and very interested in your comments on this first offering of MAA e-books. We expect e-books to be an important add-on to our book publishing program, and not a replace-ment for all paper books. David Pogue, the personal-technology columnist for the New York Times , provides a concise review of challenges facing e-books and e-book readers in his November Techno Files column in Scientific American . He is optimistic that e-book prices will fall, sales will increase, and reader technology will continue to improve, but he sees copy protection as a gnarly problem. The ten new books cover a broad band of topics: randomness and recurrence in dynamical systems, fractals, history, problems, mathematics for secondary school teachers, and more. There is something here for anyone involved with mathematics, so take a few minutes to explore new MAA books and treat yourself to one or two or… You deserve it, for once again you’ve been good. This is my last catalog letter, for on February 28, I will fully retire from the MAA, six months short of 20 years, as an MAA staff member. Since leaving my previous position of Director of Publications in the fall of 2006, I have continued on a half-time basis as Editorial Director of MAA Books from my office at Santa Clara University in California. I have greatly enjoyed working with authors, editors, a great MAA staff, and members who care a lot about THEIR organization. It’s been a wonderful ride. Happy reading, Don Albers Editorial Director, MAA Books CARUS MATHEMATICAL MONOGRAPHS (CARUS MONOGRAPHS) Expositions of mathematical subjects set forth in a manner comprehensible not only to teachers and students specializing in mathematics, but also to scientific workers in other fields. The monographs are intended for the wide circle of thoughtful people familiar with basic graduate or advanced undergrad-uate mathematics. CLASSROOM RESOURCE MATERIALS Provides materials for classroom use by students, including student-research projects, lab exercises or problem sets, other supplemental handouts, innovative texts, and the like. May sometimes include diskettes. DOLCIANI MATHEMATICAL EXPOSITIONS (DOLCIANI) Aims at a broad audience. Assumed levels of background range up to that of an undergraduate mathematics major. MAA NOTES Rapidly disseminates educational information and reports as well as resources for faculty use. ANNELI LAX NEW MATHEMATICAL LIBRARY (ANNELI LAX NML) Features fresh approaches, enrichment material, and broad coverage of topics especially suitable for high school and the first two years of college. OUTLOOKS Explores the interplay between mathematics and other disciplines. Authors reveal mathematical content, limitations, and new questions arising from this interplay. SPECTRUM Targets the general mathematically interested reader with broad coverage of biographies, popular works, and monographs of general interest. PROBLEM BOOKS A variety of books related to problems and problem solving, including annual collections of problems from mathematical competitions, collections of problems specific to particular branches of mathematics, and books on the art and practice of problem solving. MAA TEXTBOOKS MAA Textbooks cover all levels of the undergraduate curriculum, with a focus on textbooks for upper-division students. They are written by college and university faculty, and are carefully reviewed by an editorial board of teaching faculty in order to ensure superior exposition. The editorial board is especially interested in innovative manuscripts.

MAA E-Books Are Here

I have been associated with MAA publishing in several capacities since the early 1970s as a journal editor, founding editor of Math Horizons, Chair of the Committee on Publications, Director of Publications, and Editorial Director of MAA Books. The changes in publishing over that period have been many and often dramatic, but the velocity of change of the last few years with the broader incorporation of digital technology has been breathtaking. Look at the brief histories of digital typesetting systems, TeX, and e-books on Wikipedia to gain an appreciation of the velocity. Amazon began selling the Kindle reader in 2007, and it was the best-known e-book reader up until the release of the iPad in 2010. Today, e-book readers can be purchased from more than a dozen companies. That certainly reflects a growing market for e-books, and in 2011 the MAA will publish its first group of e-books. Of the ten new books featured in this catalog, three are e-books. A small group of titles was selected that seems especially well-suited to benefit readers in e-book format. We are excited about this new venture and very interested in your comments on this first offering of MAA e-books. We expect e-books to be an important add-on to our book publishing program, and not a replacement for all paper books. David Pogue, the personal-technology columnist for the New York Times, provides a concise review of challenges facing e-books and e-book readers in his November Techno Files column in Scientific American. He is optimistic that e-book prices will fall, sales will increase, and reader technology will continue to improve, but he sees copy protection as a gnarly problem. The ten new books cover a broad band of topics: randomness and recurrence in dynamical systems, fractals, history, problems, mathematics for secondary school teachers, and more. There is something here for anyone involved with mathematics, so take a few minutes to explore new MAA books and treat yourself to one or two or… You deserve it, for once again you’ve been good. This is my last catalog letter, for on February 28, I will fully retire from the MAA, six months short of 20 years, as an MAA staff member. Since leaving my previous position of Director of Publications in the fall of 2006, I have continued on a half-time basis as Editorial Director of MAA Books from my office at Santa Clara University in California. I have greatly enjoyed working with authors, editors, a great MAA staff, and members who care a lot about THEIR organization. It’s been a wonderful ride.

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