ABOUT THE AUTHOR Dr. Gary Rockswold has been teaching mathematics for 25 years at all levels from seventh grade to graduate school, including junior high and high school students, talented youth, vocational, undergraduate, and graduate students, and adult education classes. He is currently employed at Minnesota State University, Mankato, where he is a full professor of mathematics. He graduated with majors in mathematics and physics from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He received his Ph.D. in applied mathematics from Iowa State University. He has an interdisciplinary background and has also taught physical science, astronomy, and computer science. Dr. Rockswold has been writing for mathematics textbooks for over ten years. Currently he is an author for Addison Wesley Longman, writing textbooks that integrate modeling, visualization, applications, and the graphing calculator into the curriculum.

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