Martin Erickson is a professor of mathematics at Truman State University.
The book will be beneficial to many undergraduates in mathematics. In fact, many sections are within reach of some advanced high school students who would like to explore interesting topics in mathematics. ! Summing Up: Recommended. --CHOICE, April 2010, Vol. 47, No. 08 The book under review is a friendly volume in discrete mathematics, which covers various classical topics, such as counting, probability and number theory, and more recent topics, such as information theory, game theory and algorithms. As far as I know, this book is one of only a few at this level that covers such recent topics. Because it covers algorithms, ! the book may be interesting for students interested in computer programming. ! This is essentially a textbook for undergraduates, and perhaps it can be useful for high school students as well. ! because of the variety of topics, teachers will have many choices of what to cover for students in applied fields. ! --Mehdi Hassani, MAA Reviews, December 2009