Mathematics has been defined as the "universal language of numbers," a language whose basic principles remain the same for all users. Many routine activities, from balancing a checkbook to measuring ingredients for a recipe, require a certain familiarity with mathematical concepts and applications.In Gale Mathematics encyclopedia, users will learn more about the function of mathematics in everyday life, as well as its role as a tool for measurement, data analysis, and technological development. Inter disciplinary in scope, the encyclopedia provides students with a clear and
comprehensive introduction to this vast topic through nearly three hundred entries commissioned especially for the set.